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Blue Queen

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095804
MRDS ID MP00140
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.56092, 48.71205 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MI SOUTHEAST OF ROBINSON MOUNTAIN, Accurate Assuming Elevation Given In Staatz And Others Is Correct

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037N 018E 14 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is Bleached Along Fault

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CONTAINED 0.72 OZ/TON AU, 1.37 OZ/TON AG. CHIP SAMPLE ON OUTCROP YIELDED 0.93 OZ/TON AU, 0.5 OZ/TON AG, 0.5% PB, 0.05% ZN, TR CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Midnight Peak Formation
    Rock description Midnight Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.56092, 48.71205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FAULT
    Strike N40E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.15M
    Length 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Dallas Hanes

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness In Okanogan National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED ADITS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY REFERS TO BLUE QUEEN CLAIM. VEIN MATERIAL IS SUBMARGINAL AND IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 124-125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT IS COVERED BY TALUS BELOW WORKINGS
Deposit PROPERTY MAY BE STORM KING RATHER THAN BLUE QUEEN CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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