Humbug

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Antimony
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008996
MRDS ID D001612
Record type Site
Current site name Humbug

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98312, 47.51288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF HARDING MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Prospect Symbol Near Head Of Solomon Creek. Location Is Accurate Within Group But Location Of Prospect May Be In Error

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jack Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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)

Alpine Lakes 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 023N 015E 04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP IS LOCATED AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK. LOCATIONS OF PROSPECTS WITHIN THE GROUP IS NOT KNOWN

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite 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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98312, 47.51288

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Leavenworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Grieve, K.W. Dunlap, August Sassy
    First year 1897

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit NOW PART OF SNOOK AND ELLEN GROUP. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001621
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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