Courtney Mine

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036714
MRDS ID M025619
Record type Site
Current site name Courtney Mine
Related records 10156983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.639, 48.22731 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI NORTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF WHITEHORSE MOUNTAIN, Estimated Near Buckeye Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehorse Mountain(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)

Boulder River Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009E 27 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON JUMBO MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Analytical data

Result $8.50/TON AU, 14% CU, 15 OZ/TON AG, 4% PB

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pre-Tertiary volcanic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Boulder River Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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