Queen-Seal Claim Names:Silver

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. 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 10301939
MRDS ID M056350
MAS/MILS ID 0530650365
Record type Site
Current site name Queen-Seal Claim Names:Silver
Alternate or previous names Seal,Silver Queen,Brooks, Silver Queen, Queen and Seal, Mexico, Silver Basin, Silver Seal
Related records 10041354

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.12281, 48.03175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
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

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 037 E 11 NWNESW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Cerargyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.12281, 48.03175

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 68W
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 280M
    Width 59M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20E:68W
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 830209

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Cedar Canyon

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George C. Segal
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT,HOWLAND,1914,ORE DEPS NEWASH.USGS 550

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL,IAN;LOOFBOUROW,J.S,JR, 1962,GEOL OF MAGNESITE BELT

  • Deposit

    VENS CO,WA.USGS BUL 1142-F

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON,F.B;KINGSTON,G.A,1958 MINE PROD AU,AG,CU,PB,2N,PE

  • Deposit

    LLE AND STEVENS COS WA,1902-1956 USBM IC-7872

  • Deposit

    HODGES,L.K,1897,MING IN PAC NW. SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WA.MIN DEPS.WA DIV GEOL BUL 37

  • Deposit

    JENKINS,O.P.1924,LEAD DEPS PEND ORIELLE AND STEVENS COS WA.

  • Deposit

    GEOL BUL 31

  • Deposit

    WA DIV GEOL EARTH RESOURCES.UNPUBD DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 080 COL 35-52 EXPOSED ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME TO PRODUCE ORE 3 TO 6 MONTHS

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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