Peacock

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056021
MRDS ID SP00268
Record type Site
Current site name Peacock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.74228, 48.50705 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully East(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 025E 30 NE4 Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Conconully Pluton;Metamorphic Complex Of Conconully
    Rock description Conconully Pluton;Metamorphic Complex Of Conconully

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Conconullu Pluton Is A Directionless, Post-Tectonic Plutonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, Oral Commun., 1990).

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Vein Strikes N15w, Dips 60e, And Is At The Contact Between Granite And Quartz Monzonite And Schist (Moen, 1973,; Stoffel, 1990).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE CONCONULLY PLUTON AND THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT WAS DONE; HOWEVER ONLY SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS MADE (MOEN, 1973, P. 20).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PEACOCK MINE IS ALSO CONSIDERED PART OF THE NEVADA MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references