Gray Eagle

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055989
MRDS ID SP00223
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle
Alternate or previous names Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.04477, 48.9629 (WGS84)
Elevation 927

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 16 SW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.04477, 48.9629

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.

Ore body information

  • Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North-Striking, West-Dipping, Quartz And Calcite Veins In Fractures 0.5-6 Inches Wide In Sheared And Brecciated Rock, Visible Gold Is Present In Veins And Stringers. The Adit Is In Hydrothermally Altered Granitic Rocks, Greenstone, And Siltite (Moen, 1980, P. 35).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS IN SILTITE AND GREENSTONE OF THE KOBAU FORMATION; ALTERED GRANITIC ROCKS OCCUR WITH THE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek, Chesaw Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SCALE MINING IN THE LATE 1800'S. MINOR PRODUCTION IN 1916, 1921-1924, 1937-1939, AND 1950-1951; VALUE PROBABLY LESS THAN $50,000. MOST MINING WAS BY PICK AND SHOVEL. A SMALL AMALGAMATION MILL WAS BUILT IN 1950-1951; ONLY 8 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING A TOTAL OF 4 OZ AU AND 4 OZ AG WERE MINED AND MILLED (MOEN, 1980, P. 35).

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

    MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING ON THE GREY EAGLE CLAIM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT ON TWO WIDLEY SEPARATED VEINS. ONE OF THE VEINS HAS ALSO BEEN MINED AS PART OF THE RECO VEIN IN THE NO. 2 ADIT OF THE RECO MINE. ; 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-AUG-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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