Brown and Livingston Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047830
MRDS ID M700152
Record type Site
Current site name Brown and Livingston Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.79674, 46.37037 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MI WEST OF SUMMIT OF JUNIPER PEAK; ABOUT 3.5 MI NORTHEAST OF MCCOY PEAK, Estimated On Granite Creek About O.5 Mi From Its Mouth

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 008E 10 N4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. APPROXIMATELY 0.5 MI UP GRANITE CREEK FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH MCCOY CREEK. 3 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF MCCOY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $6-30/TON AU, AT $20/TON PRICES

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.79674, 46.37037

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N-S
    Dip 60E

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLDER LITERATURE CONSIDERED HOST ROCK TO BE PART OF OHANAPECOSH FORMATION, BUT KOROSEC (1987) DID NOT INCLUDE THESE ROCKS IN THAT FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF 5 OR 6 HEAVILY OXIDIZED STREAKS THAT PAN FREE GOLD AT THE SURFACE. THE VEIN MATERIAL BETWEEN THE STREAKS CONSISTS OF SOFT BLUISH LIME CONTAINING FINE-GRAINED SULFIDES.
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.