Great Northern Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036769
MRDS ID M025678
Record type Site
Current site name Great Northern Prospect
Related records 10301662

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.74761, 47.96064 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI WOUTHWEST OF CULMBACK DAM ON SULTAN RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace Lake(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 008E 35 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE SULTAN RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF 6 ASSAYS: $32/TON AU, $3.45/TON CU, $1.76/TON 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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Western Melange Belt
    Rock description Western Melange Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE 60 FT WIDE AT CONTACT OF GRANITE AND SLATE CONTAINING DISSEMINATED ORE MINERALS

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.