| Deposit ID | 10036702 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025605 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Border Queen Prospect |
| Related records | 10131614 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.66428, 47.9637 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 732 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.2 MI SOUTHEAST OF CULMBACK DAM ON SULTAN RIVER, Estimated From Map In Carithers And Guard. Location Given Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Snohomish(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Wallace Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Skykomish(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 029N | 009E | 33 | NW4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Western Melange Belt | ||||
| Rock description | Western Melange Belt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| (1) | -121.66428, 47.9637 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N10-23E |
| Dip | >75NE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sultan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Richard Sykes |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 24.99M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025605 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 80.
CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 78.
TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2-4 FT ALTERED AND SILICIFIED DIKE OR SILL IN ARGILLACEOUS SCHIST. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-85 | Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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