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Silver Creek Placer

Occurrence in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048640
MRDS ID MP00243
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek Placer
Related records 10056085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4773, 46.9312 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(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 Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 17N 10E 25 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. WITHIN SKI RESORT AREA. NEAR HEADWATERS OF SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSIDERABLE COARSE GOLD REPORTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ABOUT $1.25/YD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4773, 46.9312
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION BETWEEN ABOUT 1920 AND 1930

Comments on the workings information

  • SLUICE BOX

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 329.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 189.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

Reporter information

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

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