Paradise Prospect

Past Producer in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015N 008E 27 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ADJOINING EAGLE PEAK PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40 TON SHIPMENT SAID TO ASSAY 10% CU.

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Tatoosh Pluton
    Rock description Tatoosh Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    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
    Rock unit name Stevens Ridge Formation
    Rock description Stevens Ridge Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.7898, 46.76398

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT EAGLE PEAK MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Rainier District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Mount Rainier National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paradise Mining Co.
    First year 1921

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY 40 TONS SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1921.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 134.11M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHORT DRIFT, OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 61

  • Production

    HUNTTING

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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