Lady of the Lake Claims

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097250
MRDS ID M056611
Record type Site
Current site name Lady of the Lake Claims
Related records 10301494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.7395, 48.56927 (WGS84)
Elevation 732

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 025E 06 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 70-125 OZ AG, 11-15 % PB, AND TRACE OF AU PER TON. 13 SAMPLES ACROSS WIDTHS OF 4-12 FT GAVE WEIGHTED AVG OF 0.163 % WO3 AND SHOWED 0.02-0.06 % CU, 0.1-0.3 % PB, 0.1-0.4 % ZN, AND 0.02-0.06 % MO. VEIN ON SURFACE CONTAINED TO 120 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.7395, 48.56927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 45 W
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPARSE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Conconcully Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shirk, William P.
    Home office Spokane, Wa.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 62.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT ADIT WITH 30 FT OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, A CAVED ADIT, AND A 24 FT ADIT BELOW HIGH-WATER LEVEL OF CONCONCULLY LAKE.

Comments on development

  • ADIT WITH DRIFTS; OPEN CUTS, AND 2 SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 305.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 8, 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEARED AND FRACTURED MINERALIZED ZONES.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS: LADY OF THE LAKE AND HIDDEN SPRINGS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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