| Deposit ID | 10036730 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025636 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Independent Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Independent, Silverton Mines, Ore Recoveries |
| Related records | 10056115 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.569, 48.07564 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 488 |
| Relative position | 0.2 MI SOUTH OF SILVERTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Snohomish(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stillaguamish(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 | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 030N | 010E | 19 | NE4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 0.6-0.7 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -121.569, 48.07564 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Granite Is Sheared |
| General form | VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.91M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 60.96M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Silverton District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 213.36M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025636 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 157.
BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OR MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 39-40.
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. 362.
TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SUAK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE FORMS LENS SHAPED SHOOTS 100-200 FT IN DIAMETER AND 2-3 FT THICK |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025910 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1985 | Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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