Bell and Crown Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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 10036814
MRDS ID M025734
Record type Site
Current site name Bell and Crown Prospect
Related records 10180490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.57761, 48.06148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON, Estimated Near Center Nw/4 Sec. On Ridge Between North Fork Bender Creek And Marble Gulch At 3700 Ft

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 30 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10.5% CU, $8/TON AU+AG. HIGH-GRADE ORE TO $30/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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt;
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.57761, 48.06148

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT UNIT THE GRANITIC ROCKS BELONG TO; THEY ARE NOT SHOWN ON GEOLOGIC MAP

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST VEIN CARRYING ORE IS 8-30 FT WIDE. THERE ARE OTHER SMALLER VEINS ON PROPERTY

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.