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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048549
MRDS ID MP00144
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66787, 48.76871 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.7 MI SOUTH OF PASAYTEN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasayten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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 25 NE4 NEAR E BORDER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNUSRVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Arkose Is Iron Oxide Stained

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ VEIN: 0.79 OZ/TON AU, 0.17 OZ/TON AG. ALTERED ARKOSE: 0.12, 0.77, 0.25 OZ/TON AU, TR, 1.63 OZ/TON, TR 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Pasayten Stock
    Rock description Pasayten Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Winthrop Sandstone/Virginia Ridge Formation, Undivided
    Rock description Winthrop Sandstone/Virginia Ridge Formation, Undivided

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66787, 48.76871
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, VEIN
    Strike N70W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES ARE RELATED TO PASAYTEN STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SLUMPED PITS

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. 135.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.G., 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 VEIN

Reporter information

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

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