Mountain Home Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047920
MRDS ID M700272
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Home Claim
Related records 10301516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.61432, 48.4473 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position A FEW MILES SOUTH OF ANACORTES., Estimated On Township Boundary Near Center Of Sections 7 And 12, North Of Lake Campbell

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anacortes South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N}034N 001E}002E } Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LAKE CAMPBELL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Copper Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 100
USGS model code 24c.3
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.61432, 48.4473

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ginnett, A. V. And Others
    First year 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PIT

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. 261

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEMENTITE ORE BODY IN GREENSTONE IS 10 FT THICK AND CAN BE TRACED 400-500 FT. RELATION OF CU TO MN IS NOT KNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.