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Smith-Way Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036949
MRDS ID M025927
Record type Site
Current site name Smith-Way Prospect
Related records 10131494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4351, 47.91064 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 1 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH OF SILVER CREEK; 10 MI BY ROAD FROM INDEX; ABOUT 1.8 MI SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL BUTTE

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 17,20 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4351, 47.91064
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND VEIN
    Thickness 3.05M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Smith
    Home office Index, Wa.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT 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. 90.

  • 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 10 FT WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE WITH SMALL STRINGERS OF SULFIDE AND A 7-FT-WIDE QUARTZ VEIN

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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