Myrtle C.

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Mercury, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040179
MRDS ID M054866
MAS/MILS ID 530610310
Record type Site
Current site name Myrtle C.
Alternate or previous names Myrtle
Related records 10131561

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.56, 48.25278 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.75 MI EAST OF DARRINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darrington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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 032N 010E 19 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON GOLD MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Mercury Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $8-26/TON AU, TR-41 OZ/TON AG, 18-36% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.56, 48.25278

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Darrington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

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. 365.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 169.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 88.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.

  • 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 MRDS RECORD D001712 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit 7 VEINS 9 IN.-6 FT WIDE. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-03-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530610310 = 10131561
Editor 2012-11-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10131561

Beyond USGS

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