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Mammoth

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095926
MRDS ID SP00249
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7495, 48.58733 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 036N 025E 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHEAST OF THE MONITOR PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7495, 48.58733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Late Triassic Rocks Formed Along An Active Continental Margin And Are Associated With Island Arcs.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Veins Are On The Property; The Upper One Is 5 Feet Thick And The Lower One Is 6 Feet Thick (Huntting, 1956, P. 306).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ VEINS ARE IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE METAMORPHIC COMPLEX OF CONCONULLY (STOFFEL, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconully

Comments on the production information

  • A SHIPMENT OF ORE TO THE SMELTER IN HELENA, MONTANA, IN 1889 NETTED $250 PER TON (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 306).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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