| Deposit ID | 10036723 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025629 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | 48-55 Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Garnet, Vesper Peak |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.53121, 48.01537 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF COPPER LAKE, Estimated From Map In Carithers And Guard. Location 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
Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(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 | 010E | 09 | CENTER OF W2 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Grossularite | Ore |
| Augite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Diopside | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Prehnite | Gangue |
| Scapolite | Gangue |
| Vesuvianite | Gangue |
| Model code | 59 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18b |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 8 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Squire Creek Stock And Related Rocks | ||||||||
| Rock description | Squire Creek Stock And Related Rocks | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Eastern Melange Belt |
| Rock description | Eastern Melange Belt |
| (1) | -121.53121, 48.01537 |
|---|
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Length | 21.34M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1937 |
| District name | Sultan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025629 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 83.
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. 70.
TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT IS FORMED BY A LENS OF LIMESTONE THAT WAS ALTERED BY CONTACT METAMORPHISM |
| 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 |
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