Scougale Placer

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098706
MRDS ID MP00128
Record type Site
Current site name Scougale Placer
Alternate or previous names Ruby Creek Placer
Related records 10056237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05594, 48.73732 (WGS84)
Elevation 411
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AT MOUTH OF RUBY CREEK AND EAST-SOUTHEAST FOR ABOUT 2 MI, Accurate. Location Given Is About 0.3 Mi Downstream On Skagit River From Ruby Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ross Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ross Lake National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N}038N 013E}014E 36}31 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PLACER IS NOW COVERED BY ROSS LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result $0.25-1/YD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05594, 48.73732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Recreation Area
Area name In Ross Lake National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ruby Hydraulic Gold Mining (Late 1800'S)

Comments on the production information

  • $950 OF ORE WAS REMOVED IN A 6 WEEK PERIOD IN 1897

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 567.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 193.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 123.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST PRODUCER IN SLATE CREEK DISTRICT IN 1906-1907

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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