Black Jack

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300863
MRDS ID M054844
MAS/MILS ID 0530070331
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack
Alternate or previous names Blewett, La Rica
Related records 10040161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.65837, 47.42342 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 017 E 01 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.65837, 47.42342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF 3000 TONS ORE ABOUT 1900, $4,000 IN 1940. 1,300 FT ADIT, SHORT ADIT, SEVERAL WINZES AND RAISES. THIS IS ONE CLAIM WHICH IS PART OF CLAIM GROUP IN 0530070376.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 110.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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