Lakeview

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056002
MRDS ID SP00241
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeview
Related records 10228421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.4845, 48.9804 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(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 027E 7 CENTER Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.4845, 48.9804

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Said To Be A Thick Blanket-Like Body Of Ore Parallel To The Slope Of The Hill (Huntting, 1956, P. 143).

Comments on the geologic information

  • PARTLY CHLORITIZED GREENSTONE AND METACHERT OF THE TRIASSIC OR PERMIAN KOBAU FORMATION (FOX, 1970, GEOL. MAP; ROPER, 1973, ALTERATION MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CARLOADS WERE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1916 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 143).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    HANDY, F.M., 1916, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY: STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 27 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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

    ROPER, M.W., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE KELSEY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 97 P., 5 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAKEVIEW MINE OCCURS IN THE ALTERATION HALO OF THE KELSEY PORPHYRY CU-MO SYSTEM (ROPER, 1973, ALTERATION MAP).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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