Young America Group

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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

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}009N 006E}006E 31}06 SW4 (31); NW4 (06) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON STEEP HILLSIDE ABOUT 1,000 FT EAST OF SWEEDEN MINE; ADJOINS NORWAY PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.10869, 46.30203

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 609.6M

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 Owner
    Owner Mining Corp., Ltd, Portland, Oreg.
    First year 1901

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

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

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

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