El Dorado Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10036719
MRDS ID M025624
Record type Site
Current site name El Dorado Prospect
Related records 10301689

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34371, 48.00399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MI SOUTHEAST OF GOAT LAKE, Estimated From Map In Broughton. Location Given Is Probably Within 0.25 Mi Of Actual Location, Estimated From Map In Broughton. Location Given Is Probably Within 0.25 Mi Of Actual Location, Estimated From Map In Broughton. Location Given Is Probably Within 0.25 Mi Of Actual Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sloan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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)

Henry M. Jackson 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 029N 011E 13 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $6-21 AU, $2-7 AG, AS MUCH AS 21% 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Chiwaukum Schist
    Rock description Chiwaukum Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34371, 48.00399

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROTOLITH AGE OF HOST ROCKS IS PROBABLY PRE-LATE JURASSIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.