Sultan King Prospect

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Arsenic, Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103544
MRDS ID M025929
MAS/MILS ID 0530610332
Record type Deposit
Current site name Sultan King Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sultan Queen, Hicks, Sultan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.47038, 47.95175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1265
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF MINERAL CITY SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N, 028N 010E, 10E 36, 01 S2 (36); N2 (01) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF SULTAN BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG 2.2% CU. WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 56 ASSAYS GAVE 0.93-2.73% CU. DRILL INTERCEPTS ON BRECCIA PIPE HAD MAXIMUM VALUES OF 0.31% CU, 0.002 OZ/TON AU, 0.16 OZ/TON AG

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
    Rock unit name Index Batholith;Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
    Rock description Index Batholith;Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.47038, 47.95175

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike E-W
    Dip 80-85S
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED BY CASCADE VOLCANISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name At Least Partly In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sultan King Mining Co.
    Home office Seattle, Wa
    Year 1990
    First year 1936
    Last year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • 24 TONS WORTH $42/TON REPORTEDLY PRODUCED IN 1920

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.35 wt-pct Copper Major 1971
    Molybdenum Mo 0.026 wt-pct Molybdenum Trace 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS; ALSO, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 90-91.

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 298-299.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SRVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST ERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • 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. 364.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRANT, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FALUT ZONE NEAR CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. D.P. COX THINKS THIS IS POSSIBLY A PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT. DERKEY INDICATES A BRECCIA PIPE JUST NORTH OF THE VEINS WHICH IS 1200 X 700 IN PLAN VIEW. THE BRECCIA PIPE CONTAINS PYRITE, HEMATITE, TOURMALINE, AND CHALCOPYRITE
Deposit MRDS RECORD W002702 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 08-FEB-2010 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from old MRDS record number SP00378 and MAS/MILS record number 0530610332.
Reporter 24-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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