| Deposit ID | 10009081 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001742 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Richmond |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Yakima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 016N | 013E | 32 | NE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| 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 |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -121.22785, 46.83899 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N40w-Trending Shear Zone |
| General form | DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W |
| Dip | STEEPLY SW |
| Thickness | 9.14M |
| Length | 192.02M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In William O. Douglas Wilderness In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. V. Rankin, Frank Hardy, William Eamon, L. B. Bissell |
| Home office | Yakima |
| First year | 1946 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001742 |
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 176.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 250.
SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 55.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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