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Oro Fino Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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 10036946
MRDS ID M025923
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Fino Prospect
Related records 10204692

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41982, 47.89538 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MI SOUTH OF SCOTT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(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 028N 011E 20 SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN AS HIGH AS $56/TON

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 Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.41982, 47.89538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    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 Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 24.38M

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. 89.

  • 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, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7-FT-WIDE MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE WITH 4 FT OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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