Pedro Zone

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048655
MRDS ID MP00267
MAS/MILS ID 0530331235
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Middle Fork Snoqualmie Area
Current site name Pedro Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.34037, 47.52093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI SOUTH OF HARDSCRABBLE LAKES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Snow Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snoqualmie(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024N 011E 36 SE4 OF SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES YIELDED 0.01-0.86% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith;Snoqualmie Batholith
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith;Snoqualmie Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.34037, 47.52093

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Shear zone
Structure description Northwest-Trending Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • Name PEDRO ZONE
    General form BRECCIA PIPE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snoqualmie District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Or Near Border Of Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Snoqualmie National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. BRECCIA PIPE IS ELLIPTICAL WITH LONG AXIS TRENDING NORTH-NORTHEAST BASED ON MAP IN GUALTIERI AND OTHERS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1993 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-FEB-1994 Thurber U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 18-MAY-2009 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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