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Nickel Bird

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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  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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036942
MRDS ID M025918
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel Bird
Alternate or previous names Same As Hoodoo?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.53704, 48.07009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MI SOUTHEAST OF SILVERTON, Estimated On West Side 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

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 21 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics;Barlow Pass Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.53704, 48.07009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS NEAR CONTACT OF BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS AND EASTERN MELANGE BELT SO ARGILLITE MAY BE MELANGE ROCKS RATHER THAN PART OF BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

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. 89.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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