Gold Mountain

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009065
MRDS ID D001710
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mountain
Alternate or previous names Darrington
Related records 10179831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.559, 48.22509 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF DARRINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helena Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 010E 31 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF SAUK RIVER OPPOSITE MOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Argillic, Propylitic

Analytical data

Result $18-36/TON AU
Result TR-18 OZ/TON AG
Result $18-32/TON CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.559, 48.22509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK VEINLETS
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • HOLLISTER (1979) ESTIMATES 44 MILLION TONS AT 0.5% CU ARE PRESENT

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, DRIFT, ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. DIMENSIONS ARE OF MAIN VEIN. THERE ARE 2 SMALLER VEINS
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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