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Section Twelve Prospect

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092609
MRDS ID M056818
Record type Site
Current site name Section Twelve Prospect
Related records 10229055

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98281, 48.2879 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MI. N OF NESPELEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepstone Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(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 032N 030E 12 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Genthite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98281, 48.2879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LODE WITH GENTHITE COATED SEAMS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Lode

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALLROCK, QUARTZ NICKEL STAINED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ SLIGHTLY CRUSHED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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