Bellevue

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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 10055970
MRDS ID SP00195
Record type Site
Current site name Bellevue
Alternate or previous names Bellview

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56867, 48.91345 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 4 N2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Stephanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56867, 48.91345

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The N29e-Trending, 45-66se-Dipping Quartz Vein Is From 10 Inches To 3 Feet Wide. The Upper Part Of The Vein Is In Slate, And Limestone Is Present In The Lower Part (Huntting, 1956, P. 136; Rinehart And Fox, 1972, P. 78).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN THE SLATE, ARGILLITE, AND LIMESTONE OF THE SPECTICLE FORMATION OF THE ANARCHIST GROUP OF PERMIAN AGE. THE SPECTICLE FORMATIONM IS INTRUDED BY GABBRO AND/OR DIORITE OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wannacut Lake

Comments on the production information

  • A TEST SHIPMENT OF 1000 POUNDS GAVE RETURNS OF $75 IN AU AND AG; GOLD REPRESENTED A LITTLE OVER HALF THE TOTAL RETURN (UMPLEBY, 1911).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.[FASCIMILE REPRINTED IN 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON].

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 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 A SMALL SHAFT WAS DUG AND 250 FEET OF DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; 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-JUN-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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