Little Chief

Prospect in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10253412
MRDS ID M025746
MAS/MILS ID 0530610297
Record type Site
Current site name Little Chief
Related records 10036825

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.54811, 48.03311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(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 029 N 010 E 05 Washington

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.54811, 48.03311

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sykes Estate, Cont. Illinois Nat'L Bank And Trust Co
    Year 1943
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stilaguamish And Sultan Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA STATE BULL 37, PART 2, VOL 1, METALLIC MINERALS, P 87.

  • Deposit

    MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON: WA GEOL SURVEY, 2D ANNUAL

  • Deposit

    REPORT, 1892, P167.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A. 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN

  • Deposit

    SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WA DIV GEOL RPT INV 6

  • Deposit

    PP 48-49

  • Deposit

    CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON:

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES AND GEOL BULL 36, PP 49-50, 1945.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:

  • Deposit

    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, P 23.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR,

  • Deposit

    1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT

  • Deposit

    IRON: WA GEOL SURV ANNUAL RPT FOR 1901, PT 2, P 68.

  • Deposit

    MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0530610003

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY: 7 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 2 MILLSITES. LOCATION: NEAR WILLIAMSON CREEK TRAIL, 4.5 MILES FROM SULTAN BASIN ROAD. ORE MINERALS: CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, ARSENDPYRITE, COPPER CARBONATE. GANGUE: QUARTZ, CALCITE, AMPHIBOLE. DEPOSIT: QUARTZ 2 TO 5 INCHES WIDE ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATE. DEVELOPMENT: TWO ADITS, ONE OF THEM IS 410 FT LONG, THE OTHER ONE IS 145 FT LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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