| Deposit ID | 10036827 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025748 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kromona Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Scriber, Jones, Goat Haven? |
| Related records | 10056108, 10131632 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.59399, 47.91592 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1143 |
| Relative position | 5 MI BY ROAD FROM OLNEY PASS, 19 MI FROM SULTAN; ABOUT 1.1 MI NORTHEAST OF MOUNT STICKNEY |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 028N | 009E | 13 | NEAR CENTER OF SW4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Orpiment | Ore |
| Powellite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Realgar | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1954 AVERAGE ASSAY: 24.33% CU, 4.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.5 OZ/TON AU. SEVERAL OTHER ASSAY VALUES GIVEN IN HUNTTING (1956) |
|---|
| Model code | 79 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21a |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu-Mo |
| Mark3 model number | 2 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Western Melange Belt |
| Rock description | Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Western Melange Belt |
| (1) | Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Contact Of Gneiss And Batholith |
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N65E |
| Dip | 75 NW |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sultan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kromona Mines Corp. |
| Home office | Seattle, Wa. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 330.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025748 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 87.
GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 74-78.
HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 355.
GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 39.
LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 56.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IN LENSES IN NORTHEAST-TRENDING STRUCTURES AT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. MANY QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORDS D001418, D000688 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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