Moncosilgo

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095537
MRDS ID M056541
Record type Site
Current site name Moncosilgo
Alternate or previous names Adams

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.45145, 48.95095 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 027E 20,21 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result TR TO .05 OZ AU, .10 TO 2.32 OZ AG, .51 TO 10.6% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.45145, 48.95095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oroville District; Oroville Area

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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