Hughes-Wayman Prospect

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048637
MRDS ID MP00239
Record type Site
Current site name Hughes-Wayman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02757, 47.46176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MI NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Estimated From Sketch Map In Gualtieri And Others.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 24 CENTER NEAR SOUTH BORDER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Mount Stuart Batholith
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Mount Stuart Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02757, 47.46176

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N TO NW
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 1.77M
    Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huckleberry Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3.388 g/mt Gold Major 1975
    Silver Ag 7.623 g/mt Silver Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.34 wt-pct Copper Major 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 5 PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 115

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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