Seventy Six Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036779
MRDS ID M025688
Record type Site
Current site name Seventy Six Prospect
Related records 10254090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.37843, 47.97232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHEAST OF MONTE CRISTO

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)

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 27 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON EAST SIDE OF '76 BASIN

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MANY SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 1.3 OZ/TON AU, 8.7 OZ/TON AG, 2% CU, 7.4% ZN, 5.3% 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.37843, 47.97232

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, VEINS
    Strike E
    Dip 40N
    Thickness 0.61M

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TWO HIGH-GRADE PODS OR LENSES WERE IDENTIFIED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 259.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

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. 236.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., 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. 30.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 25.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE-BEARING LENSES AND VEINS IN FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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