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Gold Quarry Claims

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095553
MRDS ID M056770
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Quarry Claims
Related records 10228652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.73228, 48.6865 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position TWO MILES WEST OF BLUE LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Goat Mountain(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)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037N 025E 20 NW OF NW OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOTH SIDES OF SINLAHEKIN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO CARRY AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Salmon Creek
    Rock description Salmon Creek

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.73228, 48.6865
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Laminations

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROPS ARE REDDISH-BROWN ; GEOL.DESC: SPARSE PYRITIZATION IN ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Blue Lake Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHORT TUNNELS, AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • OPEN CUTS, ADITS, AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 140.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 33

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 640, P. 36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION ALONG LAMINATION PLANES.
Deposit 20 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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