Johnson Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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 10047846
MRDS ID M700174
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Prospect
Related records 10131883

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.80562, 46.36925 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI WEST OF SUMMIT OF JUNIPER PEAK; ABOUT 3 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MCCOY PEAK, Estimated From Descriptive Information Given In Moen

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 NW4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ABOUT 1,800 FT UP MCCOY CREEK FROM CAMP CREEK, 300 FT EAST OF MCCOY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.80562, 46.36925

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.08M

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 Occurrence
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 A SEAM 2 TO 3 IN. THICK CARRIES FREE GOLD
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-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.