Iron Clad Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10036763
MRDS ID	M025672
Record type	Site
Current site name	Iron Clad Prospect
Related records	10204650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-121.43815, 47.91203 (WGS84)
Elevation	427
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF GALENA; ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL BUTTE, Estimated In East Central Part Of Section About 1 Mi North Of Galena

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	028N	011E	18		Washington

Comments on the location information

ON EAST SIDE OF SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Arsenic Critical	Tertiary

Analytical data

Result	HIGH-GRADE ORE VALUED AT $60/TON

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	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
Rock unit name	Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
Rock description	Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-121.43815, 47.91203	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form VEINLETS, DISSEMINATED

General form	VEINLETS, DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	In Snoqualmie National Forest

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Length 24.38M

Type of workings	Underground
Length	24.38M

Comments on the workings information

ADIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M025672

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. 160.
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.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	20 FT OF CONCENTRATING ORE WITH NARROW STREAK OF HIGH-GRADE ORE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-85	Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAY-92	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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