| Deposit ID | 10047864 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700196 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Young America Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Part of Norway Sweeden Group, Claims: America Nos. 1-3 |
| Related records | 10228599 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.10869, 46.30203 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1189 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.4 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NORTH END OF SPIRIT LAKE, Estimated Within Quarter Section, Estimated Within Quarter Section, Estimated Within Quarter Section |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 010N}009N | 006E}006E | 31}06 | SW4 (31); NW4 (06) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase;Spirit Lake Pluton, Quartz Diorite Phase |
| Rock description | Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase;Spirit Lake Pluton, Quartz Diorite Phase |
| (1) | -122.10869, 46.30203 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 3.66M |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Monument |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mining Corp., Ltd, Portland, Oreg. |
| First year | 1901 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700196 |
HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79.
LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 133.
MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 60, P. 17, 34, 40.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED 12-FT-THICK VEIN, TRACEABLE ALONG ITS OUTCROP FOR MORE THAN 2000 FT. |
| Deposit | LOCATION MAP, AND MAP OF CLAIMS AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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 |
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