Richmond

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Antimony, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10009081
MRDS ID D001742
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.22785, 46.83899 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3 MI FROM CLOVER SPRING; ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHEAST OF RICHMOND LAKE; ABOUT 1.5 MI NORTHWEST OF NELSON BUTTE, Estimated, Probably Within A Few Hundred Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timberwolf Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(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)

William O. Douglas Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016N 013E 32 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON MARTHA CREEK NEAR HEADWATERS OF RATTLESNAKE CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5 ASSAYS ON PICKED SAMPLES SHOW 22.5-248.0 OZ/TON AG, 0.02-5.02% PB, 0.08-1.08% ZN, 0.02-1.87% CU. A SELECTED SAMPLE CONTAINED 2.4 OZ/TON AG, 1.7% PB, 7.6% ZN, 0.5% CU. 3 CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.6% ZN, 0.17% PB, 0.17% CU

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.22785, 46.83899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N40w-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS
    Strike N40W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 192.02M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF AREA IS COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS MOST OF AREA UNDERLAIN BY OHANAPECOSH FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In William O. Douglas Wilderness In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. V. Rankin, Frank Hardy, William Eamon, L. B. Bissell
    Home office Yakima
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAMPLING INDICATES LOW-GRADE VALUES AT SURFACE EXPOSURES. VALUES AT DEPTH OR ALONG SURFACE EXTENSIONS BENEATH GLACIAL MATERIAL IS NOT KNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, SHAFT, OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS ARE IN YAKIMA WATERSHED, WHERE MINING HAS BEEN CURTAILED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA CEMENTED BY CALCITE AND ORE MINERALS WITHIN SHEAR ZONE. THE ORE MINERALS ARE FOUND IN SMALL LOCAL SHOOTS
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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