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Horseshoe & Treasure Box Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036746
MRDS ID M025654
Record type Site
Current site name Horseshoe & Treasure Box Prospect
Related records 10131585

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.46121, 47.96037 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI NORTHEAST OF MINERAL CITY SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 010E 36 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • JUST EAST OF SHEEP GAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result $17-27/TON AU+CU

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.46121, 47.96037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 160.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 FT VEIN WITH 8 IN. OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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