Lancaster

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055881
MRDS ID SP00083
Record type Site
Current site name Lancaster

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5567, 48.91402 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curlew(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
039N 034E 5,6 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE NORTH OF CURLEW ON THE EAST BANK OF THE KETTLE RIVER

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5567, 48.91402

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chimney-Like Zones As Much As 3 Ft. Wide Are Present At The Intersections Of Fractures In Limestone At Its Contact With Granite (Huntting, 1956, P. 54).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CARLOAD OF 29 TONS OF HAND-SORTED ORE SHIPPED IN 1929 (FROM OPEN CUTS) CONTAINED 1,651 LB. CU, 4,719 LB. PB, AND 395 OZ. AG (PARKER AND CALKINS, 1964, P. 89).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL BODY OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC, CARBONATE-BEARING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WAS INTRUDED FIRST BY EOCENE SCATTER CREEK RHYODACITE AND THEN BY EOCENE QUARTZ MONZONITE. ALL THESE ROCKS ARE CUT BY NORTH-EAST-TRENDING QUARTZ LATITE DIKES (PARKER AND CALKINS, 1964, P. 89). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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