Pine Marten Prospect

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095810
MRDS ID MP00240
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Marten Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50176, 47.61703 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF MARTEN LAKE, Estimated Using Sketch Drawing In Gualtieri And Others. Exact Location Is Probably Close By

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Philippa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snoqualmie(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025N 010E 26,27 SW4 (26); SE4 (27) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT NORTH END OF DOG MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.50176, 47.61703

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED AS IRREGULAR MASSES
    Length 97.54M
    Width 48.77M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cougar Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Snoqualmie National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY LOW GRADE. LEACHING HAS PROBABLY REMOVED SOME COPPER FROM OUTCROPS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 125-127

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTRIBUTED AS IRREGULAR MASSES THROUGHOUT HOST ROCK AND CONCENTRATED ALONG AND NEAR FRACTURES. WIDTH OF MINERALIZED ZONE IS 15-160 FT. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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