King Solomon

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156130
MAS/MILS ID 0530070305
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.53729, 48.22982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 N 018 E 36 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.53729, 48.22982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 941003

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadow Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 49.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON EAST SIDE OF MEADOW CREEK; 3 ASSAYS ACROSS SULFIDE STRINGERS FROM 2 OF THEM SHOWED TRACE AU, 0.60 TO 1.80 OZ AG 0.49% TO 2.58% CU, AND 0.1% TO 1.05% ZN LISTED AS PATENTED, BUT SHOW NOW AS OWNED BY FOREST SERVICE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-1994 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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