The Wasco is a zinc mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Wasco MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wasco
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Molybdite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Original location N-48-30 W-118-50 plots in Ferry county which disagrees with the political location, Okanogan county. Mindat.org describes location as western slopes of Wasco Hill. Geonames has no entry. PLSS coords are 33N 31E Sect 9. The center of the section 9 translates to 48-22-28N 118-55-15W. This location agrees with the political location, Okanogan county. So the original lat/long was replaced with center of section location.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 39
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