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Eldorado

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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  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 10092676
MRDS ID M700399
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado
Related records 10301988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.10815, 48.51788 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.9 MI SOUTHWEST OF MORAINE LAKE, Estimated In Southern Part Of Projected Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbidden Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(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 013E 15 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NEAR HEAD OF ELDORADO CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sphalerite 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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Eldorado Orthogneiss
    Rock description Eldorado Orthogneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.10815, 48.51788
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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 ZONE

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

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 315.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, V. 1, P. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

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

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