Calumet Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10036705
MRDS ID M025609
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.47204, 47.83759 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.75 MI NORTHWEST OF GUNN PEAK, Estimated In Sec. 12 At Given Elevation

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 11,12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH BRANCHES OF BITTER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is 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) -121.47204, 47.83759

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N75E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M

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 W. S. Dewey
    First year 1912

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED 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-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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