Queen and Buchanan

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047981
MRDS ID M700357
Record type Site
Current site name Queen and Buchanan
Related records 10277091

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.07065, 48.47426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTHWEST OF CASCADE PASS., Estimated At Adit Symbol In Projected Quarter Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 013E 35 NW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CASCADE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Sheared Hornblendite.

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 > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Cascade River Schist
    Rock description Cascade River Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.07065, 48.47426

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENS IN SHEAR ZONE
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cascade District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buchanan, Robert
    Home office Rockport, Wa.
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT ADIT

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. 76.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 FT WIDE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED SHEAR ZONE IN 40 FT WIDE HORNBENDITE DIKE. SULFIDES IN 3-6 IN. WIDE ZONE.
Deposit TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS: QUEEN AND BUCHANAN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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