Kildare Claim

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047990
MRDS ID M700372
Record type Site
Current site name Kildare Claim
Alternate or previous names Harrison
Related records 10204997

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05788, 48.49065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI NORTH OF CASCADE PASS.

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 25 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Cascade Pass Dike
    Rock description Cascade Pass Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05788, 48.49065

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

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. 232.

  • 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 2 CLAIMS: KILDARE, HARRISON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit POSSIBLY PART OF MIDAS GROUP
Deposit A CROSS VEIN OF THE WEST SEATTLE (M700380). SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO THE BOSTON (M700366)

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.