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Overlook

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055890
MRDS ID SP00098
Record type Site
Current site name Overlook

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57002, 48.69874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
037N 034E 18 NW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57002, 48.69874
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gold And Silver Mineralization At The Overlook Deposit Occurs In Manto-Like Replacement Bodies Of Magnetite, Pyrite, And Pyyrrhotite In Limestone And As Disseminated And Stockwork Bodies Overlying The Massive, Iron-Rich Horizon In The Limestone. Currently (1990), This Deposit Is Being Mined For Its Gold-Silver Mineralization (Tschauder, 1989, P. 245).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OVERLOOK DEPOSIT IS IN PERMIAN-TRIASSIC LIMESTONE, DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE, ARGILLITE, AND GRAYWACKE. THE ORE BODIES LIE NEXT TO A NETWORK OF DIKES, SILLS, AND INTRUSIVE BODIES OF THE SCATTER CREEK RHYODACITE (MUESSIG, 1967, P. 113)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belcher

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE FIRST GOLD-SILVER DORE WAS POURED (1990) FROM THE JOINTLY OPERATED OVERLOOK AND KETTLE MINES. ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS 110,000 OZ.; THE MAJORITY WILL BE FROM THE OVERLOOK DEPOSIT (JOSEPH, 1990, P. 20).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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

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