Jerry Chatman Mine

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10036832
MRDS ID M025753
Record type Site
Current site name Jerry Chatman Mine
Related records 10204686

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50288, 47.9787 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.9 MI NORTH OF RED MOUNTAIN, Estimated At North Border Of Section At Given Elevation

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 010E 27 N2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Index Batholith;Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Index Batholith;Eastern Melange Belt

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Quartzite

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip 75-90SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sultan Basin Mining Co.
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 52.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

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. 86.

  • Deposit

    CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 62-64.

  • Deposit

    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, SCALE1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS QUARTZ AND NARROW ZONE OF BRECCIATED WALL ROCK NEAR CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Deposit CLAIM IS PART OF SULTAN BASIN MINING CO. PROPERTIES. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M025677, M060138

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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