49th Parallel

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Tungsten
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 10055962
MRDS ID SP00183
Record type Site
Current site name 49th Parallel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.4845, 48.99595 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 027E 6 N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 1500 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE O.K. COPPER MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.4845, 48.99595

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The 49th Parallel Deposit Is In The Chlorite Alteration Zone Of The Kelsey Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit (Roper, 1973).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE 49TH PARALLEL MINE IS IN GREENSTONE TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE PERMIAN OR TRIASSIC(?) KOBAU FORMATION AND ALSO IS ADJACENT TO AN ALTERED QUARTZ DIORITE PHASE OF THE JURASSIC - CRETACEOUS(?) SILVER NAIL LAKE PLUTON (ROPER, 1973).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD-COPPER ORE IN 1914 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 65).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM, ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATION, WITH DISCUSSION OF MARKETS, PRICES, AND USES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 111, 132 P.

  • 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

    PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.

  • Deposit

    ROPER, M.W., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE KELSEY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 97 P., 5 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    WDGER OF 90-18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF THE KELSEY PORPHYRY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT (ROPER, 1973).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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