Goat Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095761
MRDS ID M700169
MAS/MILS ID 0530590054
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.15175, 46.38203 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF DEADMAN LAKE, Estimated In Nw/4 Section Adjacent To Minnie Lee Claims. Descriptive Information Suggests That Workings May Be South Of Location Given

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vanson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 005E 02 CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NORTH SIDE LINES OF MINNIE LEE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.15175, 46.38203

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Monument
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • CUT, ADIT THAT INTERSECTED ONLY BARREN ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE CONTAINS PYRITE AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE. DISCOVERY VEIN CROPS OUT IN DEAD MANS CREEK ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTH OF GREEN RIVER TRAIL
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977, p. 17)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 21-OCT-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 09-JUN-09 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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