Zerwekh Prospect

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Titanium, Metal
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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036910
MRDS ID M025877
Record type Site
Current site name Zerwekh Prospect
Alternate or previous names Big Z
Related records 10204581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61589, 47.32982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.3 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY, Estimated At Prospect Symbol Shown Near Mouth Of Pipe Creek In Nw/4 Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021N 018E 08 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SWAUK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF MO, V, AND TI ARE DOUBTFUL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO AVERAGE $8/TON AU+AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61589, 47.32982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zerwekh, V. J.
    Home office Chehalis, Wa.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 63.09M

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. 134

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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