Chinook

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Arsenic, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008502
MRDS ID D000707
Record type Site
Current site name Chinook
Related records 10056239

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50008, 46.88814 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1.5 MI NORTHEAST OF CHINOOK PASS ON CHINOOK PASS ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White River Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016N 010E 12 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Bumping Lake Pluton;Ohanapecosh Formation
    Rock description Bumping Lake Pluton;Ohanapecosh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.50008, 46.88814

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Geolgoic Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 762g/mt
    Major Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

  • 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. 570.

  • Production

    DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS 4-5 FT WIDE AT CONTACT OF IRON-STAINED GRANODIORITE AND ANDESITE
Deposit MRDS RECORD W017916 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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