Boulder Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040171
MRDS ID M054854
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8575, 47.41417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.3 MI SOUTH OF COLCHUCK LAKE, Estimated Near Head Of Bean Creek. Topo Map Shows No Boulder Creek In The Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enchantment Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 016E 8 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF BOULDER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8575, 47.41417

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joint Planes

Ore body information

  • General form THIN BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forst

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phil Denny (-
    Last year 1965

Comments on development

  • ORE IS RICH BUT IN SUCH THIN BANDS AS TO BE UNECONOMIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 366.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 264.

  • Deposit

    SHEDD, S., 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 87-88.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.O., AND CALKINS, F.C., 1906, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, SNOQUALMIE FOLIO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS FOLIO 139, SCALE 1:125,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON JOINT PLANES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-04-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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