Bitter Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036697
MRDS ID M025600
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Creek Prospect
Related records 10277056

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.47927, 47.83898 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI NORTHEAST OF INDEX; ABOUT 2 MI NORTHWEST OF GUNN PEAK, Estimated At End Of Trail Shown North Of Creek. Elevations In Given Section Are Lower Than Elevation Given For Prospect, Estimated At End Of Trail Shown North Of Creek. Elevations In Given Section Are Lower Than Elevation Given For Prospect

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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)

Wild Sky Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 027N 010E 11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON BITTER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE ORE IS LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is Crushed And Altered

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Index Batholith
    Rock description Index Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Tertiary granitic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Index District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bitter Creek Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN A SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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