Index Gold

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048633
MRDS ID MP00234
Record type Site
Current site name Index Gold
Alternate or previous names Index Gold Mines, Inc., Index Silver Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.45232, 47.90564 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL BUTTE, Estimated At Common Section Boundary

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 011E 18,19 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TYPICAL ASSAY SAID TO BE 5.4 OZ/TON AG, 6.4% PB, 2.5% ZN, 11.59% AS

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Index Batholith;Index Batholith
    Rock description Index Batholith;Index Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.45232, 47.90564

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Valley Minerals, Inc.
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Siepmann, Seattle
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1939

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • IN 1991 SUNSHINE VALLEY WAS REOPENING ROADS AND PREPARING SITE FOR DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 351.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS TREND ACROSS CONTACT OF INDEX BATHOLITH AND SWAUK FORMATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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