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Philo Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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  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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036760
MRDS ID M025668
Record type Site
Current site name Philo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.36288, 47.9851 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BLANCA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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 23 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNUSRVEYED. WEST SIDE OF CADET PEAK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MANY ANALYSES IN JOHNSON AND OTHERS. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.518 OZ/TON AU, 3.6 OZ/TON AG, 0.89% CU, 2.05% PB, 3% ZN, 34% AS, 0.73% SB

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 > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.36288, 47.9851
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N83E; N65W
    Dip 77-88NW; 82 NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 344.42M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike N83E; N65W
    Dip 77-88NW; 82 NE

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 National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 149000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 22.588 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Gold Au 10.475 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.12 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Lead Pb 0.3 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 3.36 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
    Arsenic As 9.48 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983
    Antimony Sb 0.18 wt-pct Antimony Trace 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 224.03M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V.1, P. 89.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 5, 26.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE. OLDER LITERATURE INDICATES FRACTURE ZONE CARRIES 15 IN. OF HIGH-GRADE ORE AND 2 FT OF CONCENTRATING ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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