Castle Creek

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055977
MRDS ID SP00205
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Creek
Related records 10131916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85725, 48.38206 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bald Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(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)

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 033N 031E 1,11,12 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85725, 48.38206

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Consists Of Lenticular Quartz Masses Containing Scattered Patches Of Ore In A Series Of Metamorphic Rocks Intruded By Granitic Dikes ( Huntting, 1956, P. 217).

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT THE CASTLE CREEK MINE, PALEOZOIC BLACK SHALE CONTAINING HEMATITIC, BROWN SILTSTONE INTERBEDS IS INTRUDED BY DIKES OF THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE GRANITE OF MOSES MOUNTAIN (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Park City

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AN UNKNOW AMOUNT OF ORE IN 1906, 1918, AND 1920 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 217).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

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