Ventura

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092665
MRDS ID M700289
Record type Site
Current site name Ventura
Related records 10180062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05954, 48.47149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MI NORTH OF CASCADE PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 013E 36 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cascade Pass Dike
    Rock description Cascade Pass Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05954, 48.47149

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone?

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • SURROUNDING ROCKS ARE MEDIUM-GRADE CASCADE RIVER SCHISTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cascade District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.