Roosevelt

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron, Tungsten
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 10056029
MRDS ID SP00280
Record type Site
Current site name Roosevelt
Alternate or previous names Grant, Maclean, Teddy Roosevelt;
Related records 10155590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.97587, 48.94373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1364

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

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 24,25 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Spectacle Formation Of Anarchist Group
    Rock description Spectacle Formation Of Anarchist Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.97587, 48.94373

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Spectacle Formation Was Deposited Along And Active Continental Margin.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT AT THE CONTACT OF PERMIAN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND THE JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS, BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE BUCKHORN MOUNTAIN PLUTON (MOEN, 1980, P. 54; STOFFEL, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TWELVE CARLOADS OF HAND-SORTED ORE WERE SHIPPED TO SMELTERS IN 1911; ORE RAN 7-9% CU, 0.10-0.20 OZ/TON AU, AND 3.75-7.5 OZ/TON AG (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 199). IN 1919-20 A TOTAL OF 2000 TONS OF IRON ORE WAS SHIPPED (MOEN, 1980, P. 54).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1943, THE BUCKHORN IRON DEPOSITS OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON--RESULTS OF A MAGNETIC SURVEY: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 8, 21 P., 1 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.

  • 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

    STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN DEVELOPMENT AT THE ROOSEVELT MINE CONSISTED OF AN 855-FT LOWERE ADIT WITH ABOUT 750 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. ABOUT 200 FEET HIGHER IN ELEVATION ARE SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND CAVED ADITS. THE UPPER ADITS APPEAR TO BE THE EARLIER WORKINGS. THE LOWER ADIT WAS DRIVEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTERSECT THE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF THE ORE BODIES. HOWEVER, THESE BODIES APPARENTLY DID NOT EXTEND TO THE DEPTH OF THE LOWER ADIT, ALTHOUGH ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF MAGNETITE WERE FOUND (MOEN, 1980, P. 54). BROUGHTON (1943, P. 20-21) ESTIMATED ONLY ABOUT 2000 TONS OF MAGNETITE REMAINS IN THE FLOOR OF THE LARGE STOPE OF THE LOWER ADIT. HE ALSO REPORTED AN AREA OF MODERATELY HIGH DIP NEEDLE READINGS S60E, 250 FEET FROM THE STOPE. ; 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-JAN-1994 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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