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Black Warrior Prospect

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042382
MRDS ID M060148
Record type Site
Current site name Black Warrior Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blue Devil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02538, 48.47982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MI NORTHEAST OF CASCADE PASS. 4 MI FROM CHELAN FALLS. ABOUT 0.9 MI NORTHEAST OF DOUBTFUL LAKE, Estimated On Adit Symbol At End Of Trail On Basin Creek Based On Description In Landes And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 014E 32 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IN HUNTTING IS PRESUMED TO BE ERRONEOUS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN IN UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONTAINS MUCH LESS PB THAN WHERE EXPOSED ON SURFACE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG: 3.44% PB, 4.12% ZN, 0.74% CU, 4.67 OZ/TON AG, 0.026 OZ/TON AU ACROSS 3 FT. ON SURFACE. FACE OF DRIFT ASSAYED 2.01% CU, 2.10% ZN, 1.01%PB, 4.80 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 OZ/TON AU (1948)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Eldorado Pluton
    Rock description Eldorado Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02538, 48.47982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East Trending-Near Vertical Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, NARROW LENS IN SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N75E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 457.2M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East Trending Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer M. M. Kingman And Albert Pershall

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Black Warrior Mining Co.
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner George B. Markle, Jr.
    First year 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 388.62M
    Overall depth 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY ADIT CROSSCUT AND DRIFT 220 FT BELOW OUTCROP.

Comments on development

  • COMPLEX ORE REQUIRES CONCENTRATION. REMOTENESS OF MINE WILL ADD SIGNIFICANTLY TO MINING COSTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A. AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 91-92.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 47.

  • 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 SULFIDES FORM LENSES AND STREAKS IN SILICIFIED ZONE AT CONTACT OF GNEISS AND DIABASE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-73 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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