Chicago Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047838
MRDS ID M700163
Record type Site
Current site name Chicago Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Chicago Nos. 1 and 2, Chicago Northwest Discovery Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.08813, 46.30925 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF META LAKE, Estimated In Nw/4 Sec. 32 Probably Near Southern Adit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 006E 32,29 NW4 (32); SW4 (29) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI EAST OF TRAIL FROM NORWAY PASS ON NORTH BANK AT HEADWATERS OF GREEN RIVER. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LANDES (1902), REFERED TO AN INCOMPLETED CROSSCUT THAT WAS TO INTERSECT VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 600 FT, WHERE VEIN WAS SAID TO BE 25 FT THICK AND TO CARRY A MAXIMUM VALUE OF $60/TON. MORE RECENT LITERATURE MAKES NO MENTION OF THE CROSSCUT AND CITES CONSIDERABLY LOWER VALUES.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result TWO ASSAYS SHOWED 0.3-2.0% CU, TR-0.1% PB, 0.5-1.8% ZN, 0.11-0.12 OZ/TON AU, 0.04-0.09 OZ/TON AG

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Lake Pluton
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.08813, 46.30925

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • HUNTTING GIVES HOST ROCK AS GRANODIORITE RATHER THAN ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Monument
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mining Corp., Ltd., Portland, Oreg.
    First year 1902

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Comments on development

  • NO EVIDENCE THAT CLAIMS HAVE BEEN WORKED SINCE EARLY 1900'S. NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UPPER ADIT, ON CHICAGO NO 1 CLAIM, WAS DRIVEN INTO A 2 FT THICK IRON-OXIDE-RICH GOUGE ZONE. LOWER ADIT INTERSECTS AN 8 FT THICK, SPARSELY MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN.
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references