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Iron Cap Claim

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10092599
MRDS ID M056673
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Cap Claim
Related records 10204891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.06003, 48.19651 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Armstrong Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 030E 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WEST LINE OF SEC. 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Magnitite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Colville Batholith
    Rock description Colville Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.06003, 48.19651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE TO EARTHY LIMONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 677, P. 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY AFTER PRIMARY MAGNETITE

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

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