Thunder Mountain Claims

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088848
MRDS ID M700277
Record type Site
Current site name Thunder Mountain Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98038, 48.5251 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT LOGAN., Estimated From Map In Moen In Northern Part Of Projected Sec. 15

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 014E 15,22,29 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM SHEAR ZONES ASSAYED 6.82-29.34 OZ/TON AG, 0.3-4% CU, 0.4-18.7% PB, 0.4-14% ZN. SELECT HIGH-GRADE SAMPLES OF GALENA ASSAYED 151 OZ/TON AG, 55.5% PB.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Skagit Gneiss Complex;Cascade Pass Dike
    Rock description Skagit Gneiss Complex;Cascade Pass Dike

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98038, 48.5251

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN SHEAR ZONES
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY PROJECTED FROM TABOR AND OTHERS. PROPERTY PROBABLY LIES NEAR CONTACT OF CASCADE PASS DIKE AND SKAGIT GNEISS COMPLEX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thunder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thunder Mountain Mines, Inc., Lacy, Wa.
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT ADITS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION ON VIOLA CLAIM (SEC 15) IN 1965-1966, 1967-1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1-6 FT THICK MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES IN GNEISS AND DIORITE.
Deposit SMALL TEST SHIPMENT UNKNOWN DATE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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