| Deposit ID | 10040181 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054869 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 530610540 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Granite Falls Prospect |
| Related records | 10204392 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.92, 48.04481 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 152 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | REFERENCE SAYS LOCATION IS EAST OF MENZEL LAKE BUT SECTION AND ELEVATION GIVEN SUGGEST 0.5 MI NORTH OF MENZEL LAKE., Estimated At Given Elevation In Section Indicated. This Location Shows Quaternary Alluvium In That Location But Outcrops Of Older Rocks In Hills To East. MAS gave location as 48.0403, -121.9142 (WGS84). Unable to determine which location is better. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Snohomish(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Granite Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Snohomish(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 030N | 007E | 33 | CENTER OF W2 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Garnierite | Ore |
| Genthite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 2 SAMPLES TOTALING 8 FT AVERAGED 0.25% NI |
|---|
| Model code | 179 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 27c |
| Deposit model name | Silica-carbonate Hg |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate | ||||
| Rock unit name | Western Melange Belt | ||||
| Rock description | Western Melange Belt | ||||
| |||||
| Ore Body (1) | -121.92, 48.04481 |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Washington State Forest Board |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054869 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 530610540 | =newMRDS 10204392, merged and deleted. |
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. 364.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 279.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD M025721 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1976-09-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 1991-02-01 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2012-12-03 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10204392 |
| Reporter | 1983-11-14 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0530610540 = 10204392. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.