| Deposit ID | 10047872 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700210 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paradise Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims: Iva Henry Nos. 1 |
| Related records | 10131492 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.7898, 46.76398 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 975 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 1.25 MI NORTHEAST OF LONGMIRE, 60 MI FROM TACOMA, Estimated In Northwest Corner Of Projected Section |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Rainier West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Nisqually(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Mount Rainier National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Lewis |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 015N | 008E | 27 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 40 TON SHIPMENT SAID TO ASSAY 10% CU. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Tatoosh Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | Tatoosh Pluton | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Stevens Ridge Formation |
| Rock description | Stevens Ridge Formation |
| (1) | -121.7898, 46.76398 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mt. Rainier District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Rainier National Park |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Paradise Mining Co. |
| First year | 1921 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 134.11M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700210 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 61
HUNTTING
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED SLIP PLANE IN ANDESITE CARRIES 4-8 IN. THICK VEIN OF ORE AND MINOR PARALLEL STREAKS OF ORE. |
| Deposit | 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700205 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-82 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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