Grand Central

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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 10055927
MRDS ID SP00139
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central
Related records 10131173

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.42981, 47.70731 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grotto(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026N 011E 29 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF MONEY CREEK. A MORE EXACT LOCATION IS NOT AVAILABLE; HOWEVER, THE GRAND CENTRAL MAY BE PART OF A BLOCK OF PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 29; SE1/4 SEC. 30; E1/2 SEC. 31; W1/2 SEC. 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.42981, 47.70731

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stibnite Is Present In The Upper Workings Of The Mine. Narrow Veinlets Of Quartz, Pyrite, And Calcite Were Observed On The Lower Level Of The Mine (Smith, 1915, P. 171, 185). These Veinlets Occur In A 40-Ft.-Wide Zone In Andesite (Livingston, 1971, P. 157).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Money Creek

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1908 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 17).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.S., 1913, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-EASTERN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: COLUMBIA UNIVERSTIY MASTER OF ARTS THESIS, 35 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.S., 1915, PETROLOGY AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SKYKOMISH BASIN, WASHINGTON: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 36, NO. 2, P. 154-185.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE IS IN ANDESITE OF THE SILVER PASS VOLCANIC MEMBER OF THE SWAUK FORMATION (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, GEOL. MAP, P. 13). IT IS ALSO AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN SHALES AND ANDESITE (SMITH, 1913, P. 32-33). ; 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

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