| Deposit ID | 10095764 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700198 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Zinc Creek Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Creek Prospect |
| Related records | 10204851 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.13424, 45.74564 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 432 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 11 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE; 15 MI BY ROAD FROM WASHOUGAL; ABOUT 7.25 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Stream Shown In Sec. 13 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Skamania(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)
Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 003N | 005E | 13 | SW4 OF NE4 OF NW4 OF SE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | VEIN ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 5% ZN AND LESS THAN 2% GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE. AU AND AG REPORTED IN ASSAYS. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Silver Star Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics |
| Rock description | Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics |
| (1) | -122.13424, 45.74564 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20-35W, N30W |
| Dip | 50-70 SW, VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 83.82M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Washougal District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lessees G. A. John, Axel Bloomquist, Fred Mckay, Vancouver, Wash. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Weyerhaeuser Co. |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700198 |
ANDESITE, VOLCANIC BRECCIA
MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 59.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVNETORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 373.
PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | FRACTURE ZONES AVERAGE 3 FT THICK BUT MAY BE 10 FT THICK LOCALLY. SEVERAL OF THE FRACTURES HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED. MAIN MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE IS ON SOUTHWEST BANK OF GOLD RUN CREEK ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO CREEK. PARTS OF FRACTURE ZONE ARE SILICIFIED. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN VEIN AND MAY BE SPOTTY AND SPARSE |
| 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 |
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