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Spokane

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097265
MRDS ID M056735
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane
Alternate or previous names American Rand
Related records 10252665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53395, 48.89484 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOVE NW SHORE WANNACUT LK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullfrog Mountain(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 039N 026E 10,11 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROD. BEFORE 1900; 1916-1918; 1935-1938

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8 OZ AU, 2 OZ AG, ADIT. 7 1/2 OZ AU, 2 OZ AG SHAFT, 7 1/2 OZ AU, 2 1/2 OZ AG. 1.05% MO-DUMP

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53395, 48.89484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Granite Contact, In Argillite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IN QTZ FRACTURES, PYRITE DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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