Monte Cristo

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156538
MRDS ID W017891
MAS/MILS ID 0530610425
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo
Alternate or previous names Mcrae Claims, Peabody Claims, Mystery, Pride

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.36981, 47.98092 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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 029 N 011 E 26 Washington

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.36981, 47.98092

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Monte Cristo Mining And Concentration Co.
    First year 1902
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Monte Cristo Metals
    First year 1907
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Puget Sound Reduction Co.
    First year 1907
    Last year 1918
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Boston-American Mining Co.
    First year 1922
    Last year 1926
  • Type Unknown
    Owner H. S. Ofstie
    First year 1949

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 163.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0530610431.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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