Andy O'Neil

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055966
MRDS ID SP00189
Record type Site
Current site name Andy O'Neil
Alternate or previous names Andy O.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02808, 48.16484 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 27 N4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.02808, 48.16484

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS IN THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE-PORPHYRITIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK (GULICK AND KOROSEC, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nespelem

Comments on the production information

  • A TEST SHIPMENT WAS MADE PRIOR TO 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 300).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN LEVEL CROSSCUT INTERSECTS THE MAIN VAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. TWO DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN ALONG THE VEIN (BROCH, 1979).

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

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