Bullet Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Arsenic
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036704
MRDS ID M025608
Record type Site
Current site name Bullet Prospect
Related records 10228402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.65122, 48.07148 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI WEST OF SILVERTON; ABOUT 4.1 MI EAST OF GOLD BASIN, Estimated On Adit Symbol Shown In Section. This Is Not Well Matched With Descriptive Or Cadastral Information Given In References, Which Are Inconsistent, Estimated On Adit Symbol Shown In Section. This Is Not Well Matched With Descriptive Or Cadastral Information Given In References, Which Are Inconsistent

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mallardy Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(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 030N 009E 21 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS STATED TO BE AT MOUTH OF GORDON CREEK, BUT THAT IS IN SEC. 20 RATHER THAN 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $2-39/TON AU+CU+AG

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 Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.65122, 48.07148

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 1371.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SYENITE NOT SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER IT BELONGS WITH THE MELANGE ROCKS OR IS SOMETHING SEPARATE AND TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT MAP SCALE. IT IS POSSIBLY RELATED TO SQUIRE CREEK STOCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12-14 FT WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE AT CONTACT OF SYENITE AND SERPENTINITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.