Sunrise Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036741
MRDS ID M025647
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Prospect
Alternate or previous names North Star, Oldfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.66816, 48.23842 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MO NORTH OF SUMMIT OF WHITEHORSE MOUNTAIN, Estimated Near Center Of Quarter Quarter Section, Estimated Near Center Of Quarter Quarter Section, Estimated Near Center Of Quarter Quarter Section

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 009E 29 NE4 OF NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.08-0.55 OZ/TON AU, 1.3-9.1 OZ/TON AG, 0.8-1.67% CU, 0.1% MO, 9% AS

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.66816, 48.23842

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Narrow Fracture Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE EASTERN MELANGE BELT AND THE BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS. GRANITE MAY BE RELATED TO SQUIRE CREEK STOCK AND RELATED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 47.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN NARROW FRACTURE ZONES
Deposit MRDS RECORDS W017889, D000693 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.