Jackpot Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Iron
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088629
MRDS ID M056784
Record type Site
Current site name Jackpot Prospect
Related records 10204967

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.99504, 48.94456 (WGS84)
Relative position BODIE MTN.

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 23 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Spectacle
    Rock description Spectacle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.99504, 48.94456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Myers Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1911
    Last year 1918

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 142.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 85, PLATE 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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