Helena Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036933
MRDS ID M025906
Record type Site
Current site name Helena Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.53677, 47.83203 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF INDEX, Estimated Near Center Quarter 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

Index(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027N 010E 16 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY BUT OUTSIDE OF FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Has Been Altered

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
    Rock description Index Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.53677, 47.83203

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N45E
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Index District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cornwall, William
    Home office Index, Wa.
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 77.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4-FT-WIDE SHEAR ZONE CONSISTS OF 1-IN.-WIDE SULFIDE BANDS ALTERNATING WITH GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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