Anderson

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055917
MRDS ID SP00130
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Alternate or previous names Baring
Related records 10048617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50649, 47.75481 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Index(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026N 010E 10;11 S2 (10); NEAR SE CORNER (11) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.75 TO 1 MILE FROM BARING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.50649, 47.75481

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Body Is In Limy Quartzite And Is Presumably A Contact Metamorphic Deposit. The Exposed Portion Is A Lenticular Mass That Is 25-30 Ft. High And 15 Ft. Wide And That Exposed Approximately 2000 Tons (Huntting, 1956, P. 196. Shedd (1924, P. 66) Reports The Presence Of Titanium In Assays From The Anderson Property.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miller River

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ONE CARLOAD SHIPPED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 196).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABOR AND OTHERS (1982) MAP THE AREA AS ALL WITHIN GRANODIORITE AND TONALITE OF THE INDEX BATHOLITH. THE MINERALIZATION PRESUMABLY OCCURS IN A SMALL ROOF PENDANT OR INCLUDED BLOCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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