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Mad Creek

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037871
MRDS ID M045066
Record type Site
Current site name Mad Creek
Alternate or previous names Mad River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.54035, 47.82704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ON MAD RIVER, Est Imated Along Mad River. Mad River Extends Into The Quadrangles To The North And East Of Sugarloaf And May Be In Those Quadrangles. Only Location Stated Is Mad River., Est Imated Along Mad River. Mad River Extends Into The Quadrangles To The North And East Of Sugarloaf And May Be In Those Quadrangles. Only Location Stated Is Mad River.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 Chelan

Comments on the location information

  • IN WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MOUTH OF COUGAR CREEK AT MAD RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.54035, 47.82704
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM GRAVEL ACCUMULATION

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PLATINUM PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2, 10.

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E.N., AND GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, P. 84-85.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 280, 181.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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