Read

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097221
MRDS ID M056409
Record type Site
Current site name Read
Related records 10277297

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11861, 48.10346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
30N 37E 14 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11861, 48.10346

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Trail

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 5,000 TONS KNOWN, 100,000 TONS PROBABLE 500,000 TONS POSSIBLE

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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