Snook & Ellen Prospects

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Nickel
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 10009003
MRDS ID D001621
Record type Site
Current site name Snook & Ellen Prospects
Alternate or previous names Van Epps, King Solomon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98424, 47.51176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 17 MI FROM LEAVENWORTH; ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF HARDING MOUNTAIN

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 W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK ON WEST END OF SOLOMON MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Millerite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 0.22, 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 0.58, 0 OZ/TON AG

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Mount Stuart Batholith;Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Mount Stuart Batholith;Ingalls Tectonic Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98424, 47.51176

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N60E
    Dip 70-85NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS TECTONIC 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 B. F. Harrison
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 75.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CROSSCUT, OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AT DIORITE-SERPENTINE CONTACT. DEPOSIT IS POSSIBLY A MAGMATIC SULFIDE CONTAINING NI THAT HAS BEEN OVERPRINTED BY POLYMETALLIC VEINS
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS D001618, D001616, D001612

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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