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Gold Top and Silver King Claims

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048536
MRDS ID MP00129
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Top and Silver King Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.19567, 48.99926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.9 MI NORTHEAST OF MT. SPICKARD; ABOUT 1.5 MI NORTHEAST OF SILVER LAKE, Estimated From Map And Description In Staatz And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area, Workings Are Slightly South Of Location Given

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Spickard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(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

North Cascades 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 Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041N 012E 35 E BORDER OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF RIDGE ON NORTH SIDE OF SILVER CREEK. UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES FROM MINERALIZED ZONE WERE LOW IN CU, MO, PB, AND ZN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE FROM GOLD TOP CLAIM CONTAINED 0.02 OZ/TON AU AND TRACE AG. TWO SAMPLES FROM SILVER KING CLAIM CONTAINED 0.60 OZ/TON AG, TR AU
Result 0.06 OZ/TON AG, TR AU.

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Rock unit name Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Rahm
    Rock description Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Rahm
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.19567, 48.99926
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • THESE ROCKS USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE SKAGIT VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer Ed Marshall And P.A. De Fries; C.J. Howlett And Irie Town

Mining district

District name Silver Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 57-59.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BORWN, E.B., IN PREPARATION, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, DRAFT VERSION 2/12/93, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDE STAINED ZONE IS 8 X 7 FT. QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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