Ida

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Reserves and resources
  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 10048566
MRDS ID MP00164
Record type Site
Current site name Ida

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.35538, 48.00204 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF GOAT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sloan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Henry M. Jackson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 011E 14 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result A FEW SAMPLES ANALYZED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 1.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.58% ZN, 2% AS, 0.19% SB

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 Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.35538, 48.00204

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONE
    Strike N65E
    Dip 56NW
    Thickness 3.35M
    Length 975.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing And Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goat Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 22.588 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 0.23 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
    Arsenic As 0.68 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983
    Antimony Sb 0.06 wt-pct Antimony Trace 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., TABOR, R.W., AND JOHNSON, F.L., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE GLACIER PEAK ROADLESS AREA, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1380-C, SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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