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Lead Horse Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048544
MRDS ID MP00138
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Horse Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.33452, 48.80066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI NORTHEAST OF EIGHTMILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billy Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 020E 15 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTHWEST FLANK OF BILLY GOAT MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching Along Joints

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE SAMPLE ASSAYED 31% PB, 6.7 OZ/TON AG. SAMPLE OF MAIN FAULT CONTAINED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 4.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.37% CU. STOCKPILE SAMPLE CONTAINED TR AU, 12.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.9% CU, 7.85% PB, 0.9% ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain
    Rock description Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.33452, 48.80066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Is Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS MAY BE AS OLD AS JURASSIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Billy Goat Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Floyd, Mr. Eddy, And Mr. Star
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS, SEVERAL CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 109-111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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