First Thought Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088840
MRDS ID M060170
Record type Site
Current site name First Thought Mine
Related records 10205039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16224, 48.88374 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF ORIENT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laurier(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 037E 18 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40,000 TONS AVERAGED 0.75 OZ/TON AU AND 0.5 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Porphyry, Quartz Latite
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry, Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16224, 48.88374

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 40 DEG SW
    Plunge direction SE
    Length 213.36M
    Width 30.48M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Orient District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Syndicate Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2590.8M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY 3 ADITS, SHAFT, WINZE, AND 3 LEVELS TURNED FROM WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: USGS BULL. 550, P. 71-76

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 258-260

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 169

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON BANCROFT, H. BULLETIN REPOR

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872 P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN BRECCIA ZONE NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND LATITE WHERE CROSSED BY FAULTS
Deposit DUPLICATE RECORD M056475 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-73 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-AUG-73 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references