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Carbon River

Occurrence in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095814
MRDS ID MP00279
Record type Site
Current site name Carbon River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.81509, 47.01814 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHEAST OF COPLAY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearhead Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(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)

Clearwater Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018N 008E 29 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • VARIOUS PROSPECT AREAS.
  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Carbon River Stock
    Rock description Carbon River Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Fifes Peak Formation, Western Facies
    Rock description Fifes Peak Formation, Western Facies

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.81509, 47.01814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • WESTERN FACIES OF THE FIFES PEAK FORMATION INCLUDES BASALTIC ANDESITE, BASALT AND LESSER ANDESITE BRECCIA, ANDESITE TUFF, VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND CRYSTAL-LITHIC TUFF. PROPERTY LIES NEAR CONTACT OF FIFES PEAK FORMATION AND CARBON RIVER STOCK. WITHOUT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS IT NOT KNOWN WHICH OF THESE ROCK TYPES MAY BE THE HOST ROCK.
  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN. ASSOCIATED GRANITIC INTRUSIVE(S).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nerco Minerals Co.
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mark Wagner
    First year 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS?

Comments on development

  • NERCO RETURNED PROPERTY TO OWNER AFTER DRILLING NINE HOLES TOTALLING MORE THAN 2800 FT. THERE WERE SAID TO BE SOME ENCOURAGING RESULTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.

  • Deposit

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. THERE ARE TWO MINERALIZED OUTCROPS 3000 FT APART. DEPOSIT IS ON PERIPHERY OF A GOLD-COPPER-TOURMALINE BEARING BRECCIA PIPE AT CONTACT OF CARBON RIVER STOCK AND ANDESITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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