Perry Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095763
MRDS ID M700186
Record type Site
Current site name Perry Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.80562, 46.37037 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI WEST OF SUMMIT OF JUNIPER PEAK; ABOUT 3.1 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MCCOY PEAK, Estimated Across Granite Creek From Johnson Locality

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 008E 10 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ABOVE THE JOHNSON PROPERTY ON MCCOY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.80562, 46.37037

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • OLDER LITERATURE CONSIDERED HOST ROCK TO BE PART OF OHANAPECOSH FORMATION, BUT KOROSEC (1987) DID NOT INCLUDE THESE ROCKS IN THAT FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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