| Deposit ID | 10008481 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000663 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Quartz Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Rainy, Western States Copper |
| Related records | 10055930 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.55564, 47.57037 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 549 |
| Relative position | 18 MI BY ROAD FROM NORTH BEND; ABOUT 1.3 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HONEY LAKE ON QUARTZ CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
King(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Lake Philippa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Snoqualmie(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | King |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 024N | 010E | 16,09 | NW4 (16); SW4 (09) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Brannerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.6, 1.2% CU |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.2, 0.4 OZ/TON AG, TR, 0.04 OZ/TON AU |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite |
| Rock unit name | Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase;Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase |
| Rock description | Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase;Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase |
| (1) | -121.55564, 47.57037 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Strong E-W Sheeting |
| General form | BRECCIA PIPE, STOCKWORK |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Width | 91.44M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1942, 1953-1955 |
| District name | Taylor River, Snoqualmie District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Snoqualmie National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Inland Copper, Ltd. (- |
| Last year | 1990 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 5000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 51.82M |
| Overall depth | 32.31M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000663 |
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. 119.
GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 80-81.
GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 45.
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.
GRANT, 1976
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. TWO ELIPTICAL MINERALIZED BRECCIA PIPES, DIMENSIONS ARE FOR EAST PIPE. A LOW-GRADE PORPHYRY SYSTEM MAY BE PRESENT AT DEPTH |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD W017919 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1974 | King, Robert U. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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