Caribou

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron
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 10055975
MRDS ID SP00203
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99198, 48.96456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 13 SW4 OF SW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99198, 48.96456

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Metamorphic Deposit At The Contact Of Permian Metasedimentary Rocks And Biotite-Hornblende Granodiorite (Moen, 1980, P. 43).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT IS FOUND AT THE CONTACT OF PERMIAN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS GRANODIORITE OF THE BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN PLUTON (MOEN, 1980, P. 43; STOFFEL, 1990, P. 29).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek, Buckhorn Mtn Area

Comments on the production information

  • BETWEEN 1908 AND 1916, THE MINE WAS OPERATED BY BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPER CO., AND EIGHT CARLOADS OF GOLD-SILVER-COPPER ORE WERE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA (MOEN, 1980, P. 43).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE A NORTHWESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE ORE BODIES AT THE MANETIC MINE. SHAFTS, ADITS, PROSPECT PITS, AND TRENCHES ARE ON THE PROPERTY. A CORE HOLE DRILLED BY GRANBY CONSOLIDATED MINING, SMELTING AND POWER CO. CONTAINED INTERCEPTS OF 0.2-4.3% CU WITHIN 112 FEET OF THE SURFACE. ; 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-JUL-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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