Aztec Claim

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Metal, Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097254
MRDS ID M056668
Record type Site
Current site name Aztec Claim
Related records 10228905, 10301919

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98198, 48.95762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF CHESAW.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 030E 24 NE OF SE OF NW OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BUCKHORN MTN. (NORTH SLOPE).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DRILLHOLE SHOWS (AT DEPTH INTERVALS OF: 480-490 FT
Result 539-599 FT
Result AND 894-957 FT): 1816-50.6% FE, 0.01-0.07% CU, 0 .2-8.7% 5, 0.002-0.027% P, 11.8-25.6% SI02, 0.05-0.29% TI02, TRACE-0.005 OZ AU, 0.1-0.4 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Rock description Buckhorn Mtn Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Rock unit name Spectacle
    Rock description Spectacle

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98198, 48.95762

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Minor Faults And Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Contact Zone Between Granodiorite & Metasedi Mentary Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Myers Creek District; Buckhorn Mtn Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bumgardner Mining And Investments Co.
    Home office Manson, Wa.
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLHOLE AT ELEVATION 5278 FT; 80 FT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT DRILLHOLES, 80 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 198.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DG BULL 27, P. 61-65

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL 73, P. 41-43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT-METAMORPHIC REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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