Calumet Claim

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Iron
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. Ownership information
  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 10036768
MRDS ID M025677
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Claim
Related records 10204584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.5076, 47.97453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 26 MI FROM SULTAN; ABOUT 3 MI NORTHEAST OF BOULDER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stickney(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 029N 010E 27 NEAR CENTER OF N2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result TR-1.03 OZ/TON AU, 0.56-5.33 OZ/TON AG, 0.48-6.5% CU, 0.1-4.85% ZN

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt;Index Batholith
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt;Index Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.5076, 47.97453

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N45W, N70W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL, 80-85SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 198.12M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robert Curtiss
    Home office Monroe, Wa.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Suntan Basin Mining Co.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND 9 OPEN CUTS

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. 157.

  • Deposit

    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. 62-68.

  • 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 QUARTZ VEIN 6-24 IN. WIDE IN A FRACTURE ZONE
Deposit CLAIM IS PART OF SULTAN BASIN MINING CO. PROPERTIES. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M025753, M060138

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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