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Hidden Treasure Deposit

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095539
MRDS ID M056564
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Treasure Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ramsey
Related records 10302121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.04808, 48.2329 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NW OF NESPELEM.

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 032N 030E 33 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT ASSAYED $63 AG, AU

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) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Covada Group
    Rock description Covada Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mesozoic granitic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 2HA

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS SUNK TO DEPTHS OF AT LEAST 40 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 677, P. 82, PLATES 1, 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO MINES, RAMSEY AND HIDDEN TREASURE.
Deposit SMALL AREA OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, WITH IRREGULARY DISTRIBUTED ORE MINERALS.

Reporter information

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

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