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Congress

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068227
MRDS ID W001179
Record type Site
Current site name Congress
Related records 10252980

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62641, 48.22817 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF SAN POIL HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Louie Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 5 OLD ADITS WITH ABOUT 1500 FT. OF WORKINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Paleozoic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN UP TO 30 FT. WIDE AT CONTACT OF SCHIST WITH SERPENTINE; QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY ABOUT 1000 FT. EAST; VEIN STRIKES N50-70E, DIPS 45 NW TO VERTICAL; IS CONSIDERABLY FRACTURED AND HAS SCATTERED POCKETS OF NI-PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE:PYRITE CARRIES 5.51% NI AND 0.35% CO (BANCROFT, 1914) NSBM(SHELTON, 1956)REPORTS DOLOMITE, BARITE, NI-CHLORITE AND MILLERITE ALSO PRESENT. TESTED SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.02%CU, 1.2%NI, 5.5% FE, 5.03% S, 0.02% CO, 0.27% CR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Poil

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES INSIGNIFICANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, H., 1914, USGS BULL. 550, P. 30, 182-185

  • Deposit

    SHELTON, J.E., 1956, US BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 5261

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

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