Greyling Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048545
MRDS ID MP00139
Record type Site
Current site name Greyling Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.62898, 48.74621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Relative position ABOUT 1.75 MI EAST OF HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate Peak(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)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018E 32 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.13% CU
Result 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 0.25 OZ/TON AG, 0.06% CU, 0.1% ZN. ANOTHER SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 ZN/TON AU, 0.03 OZ/TON AG. STOCKPILED MATERIAL YIELDED TR AU, 0.3 OZ/TON AG

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Winthrop Sandstone;Winthrop Sandstone
    Rock description Winthrop Sandstone;Winthrop Sandstone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES IN SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N18W
    Dip 36-42NE
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 14.02M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer Frank Jenks, Charles Kenny

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 8.53M
    Overall width 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT

Comments on development

  • CLAIM PROBABLY STAKED 30 YR PRIOR TO 1924

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. 120-121.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ LENSES ARE PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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