Silver Fiend

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008999
MRDS ID D001616
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Fiend

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98729, 47.5101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI SOUTH OF HARDING MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Prospect Symbols Shown At Head Of Solomon Creek. Location Is Accurate Within Group But May Be Incorrect For Specific Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jack Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 023N 015E 04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK. GROUP COMPRISES SEVERAL CLAIMS AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE. IT'S LOCATION WITHIN THE GROUP IS UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98729, 47.5101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leavenworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Grieve
    First year 1897

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NOW PART OF SNOOK AND ELLEN. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001621

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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