| Deposit ID | 10056036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SP00289 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Mountain |
| Alternate or previous names | Silver Star |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.55923, 48.74595 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Okanogan(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Aeneas Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Okanogan |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 038N}037N | 026E}026E | 34}3 | W2 (34); NW4 (03) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock | ||||
| Rock unit name | Anarchist Group | ||||
| Rock description | Anarchist Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Pre-Tertiary metamorphic rocks, undivided |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Marine Sediments Of The Anarchist Group Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin. |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SP00289 |
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.
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.
RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A 400-TON/DAY MILL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1952. A SAMPLE FOR A MILL TEST SHOWED 28.79 OZ/TON AG, 0.351 OZ/TON AU, 1.11% PB, AND 0.59% ZN (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 310). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1991 | Berger, Mary A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1994 | Frank, Dave | U.S. Geological Survey |
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