Glory of the Mountain Prospect

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10036734
MRDS ID M025640
Record type Site
Current site name Glory of the Mountain Prospect
Related records 10301749, 10277462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34871, 48.02732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI NORTHEAST OF GOAT LAKE

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 02 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $21-27 AU, $1.80-4.80 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith, Monte Cristo Stock
    Rock description Grotto Batholith, Monte Cristo Stock
    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 Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Darrington Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34871, 48.02732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE
    Strike NE
    Dip 45
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

  • 40 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WIDE MINERALIZED FRACTURE WITH 20 FT WIDE ORE BODY

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.