Goat Mountain

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Chromium, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009026
MRDS ID D001652
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mountain
Alternate or previous names Denny

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.06452, 47.5026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position WEST BANK OF CLE ELUM RIVER, 1.6 MILES FROM FORTUNE CREEK; ABOUT 0.5 MI SOUTH OF TUCQUALA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cradle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 10 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT BASE OF GOAT MOUNTAIN ABOUT 300 FT ABOVE CLE ELUM RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES SHOWED 0.15% AND 1.75% SB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.06452, 47.5026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FAULT/BRECCIA ZONE
    Strike N80E
    Dip 35NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weathering Regime

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATERITE LIES BETWEEN SWAUK FORMATION AND INGALLS COMPLEX AND THUS FORMED SOMETIME PRIOR TO DEPOSITION OF SWAUK FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Denny (-
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    Last year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 54.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, 3 OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 87-90.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 128.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AND 4-12 IN. MINERALIZED FRACTURE OCCUR IN ADDITION TO THE LATERITIC MINERALIZATION. ATTITUDE IS VARIABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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