Bangor Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036813
MRDS ID M025733
Record type Site
Current site name Bangor Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bornite
Related records 10156633

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54288, 48.0787 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF SILVERTON, Estimated On Unnamed Creek On Quad Map Near Northeast Corner Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(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 030N 010E 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT MOUTH OF DEER CREEK. ELEVATION OF 4500 FT CITED IN REFERENCES CAN NOT BE CORRECT BECAUSE ELEVATIONS IN THAT SECTION ARE NOT THAT HIGH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 12% CU, 0.051 OZ/TON AU, 4 OZ/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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54288, 48.0787

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED NEAR CONTACT OF BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS WITH ROCKS OF EASTERN MELANGE BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3000 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4-6 FT WIDE ORE ZONE OF BANDS AND MASSES OF SULFIDE IN ANDESITE DIKE
Deposit NOW PROBABLY PART OF CLAIMS OF SILVERTON MINE. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025910

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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