Wild Rose

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040180
MRDS ID M054867
MAS/MILS ID 530610340
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Rose
Related records 10156448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.41056, 47.96111 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI NORTHEAST OF MINERAL CITY SITE, Estimated On East Side Of Projected Section At Given Elevation Near Silver Creek

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 029N 011E 32 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. PROPERTY REPORTED ON SIVLER CREEK, ABOUT 200 YDS UPSTREAM FROM MOLYBDENUM GULCH (NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COPPER PROSPECT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.41056, 47.96111

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Peridotite - Quartzite Contact

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA UNDERLAIN BY BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS. POSSIBLY THERE IS AN AREA OF EASTERN MELANGE BELT ROCKS TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT MAP SCALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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 Bonanza Mining Co.
    First year 1901

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

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

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    HILL, T.B., AND MELROSE, J.W., 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON METALLIC MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF MONTE CRISTO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 22D ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 777-865.

  • 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 RUSTY MINERALIZED ZONE ALONG CONTACT OF PERIDOTITE WITH SLATY QUARTZITE. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit MRDS RECORD M025932 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-05-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-06-28 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530610340 = 10156448
Updater 2012-12-04 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530610340 = 10156448

Beyond USGS

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