Young Americarobena.Old Claim

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204609
MRDS ID M060128
MAS/MILS ID 0530650435
Record type Site
Current site name Young Americarobena.Old Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunset., Names Are:Comet Silver,Mt.Vernon,, Patomac,Silver Star,Cliff,Bluff,
Related records 10042368

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.03442, 48.75795 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bossburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(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

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 Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038 N 038 E 33 NWNENW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cassiterite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Geocronite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.03442, 48.75795

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 27M
    Length 274M
    Width 61M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:30E
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 830209

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Bossburg District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Unclaimed
    Home office Washington
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN,R.J,1949,INVESTIGATIONYOUNG AMERICA PB-ZN DEP.STV

  • Deposit

    WA.USBM RI 4556

  • Deposit

    MILLS,J.W,1976,ZN-PB ORE DEPS IN CARBONATE ROCKS,STEVENS CO.

  • Deposit

    DIV.GEOL & EARTH RES.BUL 70(IN PRESS-1976)

  • Deposit

    WASH.DIV.GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES UNPUBLISHED DATA

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT,HOWLAND,1914 ORE DEPS NE WA.USGS BUL 550.

  • Deposit

    BETHUNE,G.A,1892,MINES & MINS OF WA.WA.STATE GEOL 2ND ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WASH MINS.WA DIV.MINES & GEOL.BUL

  • Deposit

    COLVILLE ENGR.CO,1941,REPT ON MINS STVNS CO,WA.ASSMBLD FOR P

  • Deposit

    DIST STVNS CO,WA BY C'VL ENGR CO

  • Deposit

    JENKINS,O.P.LEAD DEPOSITS OF PENDOREILLE & STVNS COS WA.WA D

  • Deposit

    BUL 31

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON,F.B,KINGSTON,G.A.1958, MINE PROD GOLD,AG,CU,PB,ZN

  • Deposit

    ORILLE & STVNS COS.WA.USBM IC7872

  • Deposit

    PATTY,E.N,METAL MINES OF WA.WA GEOL SURVY BUL 23

  • Deposit

    HODGES,L.K,1897.MINING IN PAC NW.THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGEN

  • Deposit

    WEAVER,C.E,1920,MIN RES.STVNS CO WA.WA.GEOL SURVEY BUL 20

  • Deposit

    WEISSENBORN,A.E,1966,AG,PB,ZN.IN MIN & WATER RES OF WA.WA DI

  • Deposit

    & GEOL REPRINT 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 010 COLS 44-46.NO CURRENT MINERAL HOLDINGS REC 040.MINE RD 400 METERS LONG. NEAREST ELECTRICAL ABOUT 50 REC 080 COL 35-52 WAS EXPOSED PRESENT RESERVES(?)SUBECONOMIC. AREA WARRANTS THOROUGH EXPL FROM MINE N.TO NORTHPORT.EST 3-4 YRS REQD FOR EXPL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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External references