O.K. Mine

Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109636
MRDS ID M056547
Record type Site
Current site name O.K. Mine
Related records 10252777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.48506, 48.9929 (WGS84)
Elevation 455

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(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

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 027E 06 W2 OF SE Washington

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION: 3 CARS BEFORE 1911, 19 CARS 1917-21

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7% CU, 6 OZ AG, $2 AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Similkameen
    Rock description Similkameen
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Shuswap Series
    Rock description Shuswap Series

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.48506, 48.9929

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Al Hagelberge
    Home office Oroville, Wa.
    First year 1902

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Mccoy, Gail U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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