Coon Lake

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048605
MRDS ID MP00203
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83509, 48.38649 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position ABOUT 0.1 MI SOUTHWEST OF COON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGregor Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033N 016E 02 NEAR CENTER OF W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 4.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.01 OZ/TON AU

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83509, 48.38649

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stehekin District

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area
Area name In Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-82, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ-BEARING SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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