| Deposit ID | 10040183 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M054871 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 530610377 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eclipse |
| Alternate or previous names | Dahl, Taft, Silverton Mines |
| Related records | 10277548 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.569, 48.076 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 488 |
| Location accuracy | 25(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON, Estimated In Nw/4 Sec. 19 At Foot Of Mountain Near Stilaguamish River. Two tunnels approx. 33 m apart are shown on topo south of Silverton. Coordinates are for midpoint between the adits |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Snohomish(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stillaguamish(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 030N | 010E | 17,18,19 | NW4 (19) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Mercury | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 2 ASSAYS 7% AND 3% HG |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Eastern Melange Belt |
| Rock description | Eastern Melange Belt |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.569, 48.076 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Strong Shear S60-70e, Dip 60-70s |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Accreted Terranes |
| General form | VEINS |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silverton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. D. Taft |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eclipse Consolidated Mining and Investment Co. |
| Year | 1915 |
| First year | 1918 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Virginia-Agenda Co. |
| Year | 1921 |
| First year | 1924 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chemical Products Assoc. |
| Year | 1925 |
| First year | 1926 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lambda Chemical Corp. |
| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ore Recoveries Corp. |
| Year | 1943 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 8046.5M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M054871 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 530610377 | = newMRDS 10277548, 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.
BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 158.
BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 42-43.
HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.
SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 1-183.
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 362.
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 | 1 VEIN WITH ARSENOPYRITE, 1 VEIN WITH AU+AG+CU. MERCURY IN SOME WORKINGS |
| Deposit | ALSO SEE OLD MINING JOURNALS AND MINERALS YEARBOOKS CITED IN HUNTTING, 1956 ; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025636 |
| 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 | |
| Reporter | 1994-04-15 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines | MAS 0530610377 = 10277548 |
| Editor | 2012-12-03 | Wilson, Anna B | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530610377 = 10277548 |
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