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Emma Bess Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  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 10036748
MRDS ID M025656
Record type Site
Current site name Emma Bess Prospect
Related records 10253338

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43565, 47.94564 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.3 MI SOUTH OF MINERAL CITY SITE, Estimated Along East Edge Of Quarter Section, Which Is Only Part Of Section East Of Silver Creek

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

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest 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 028N 011E 06 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENSION OF THE BEN BUTLER VEIN, EAST SIDE OF SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43565, 47.94564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS ALLUVIUM IN AREA OF PROSPECT, BUT HOST ROCK IS INCONCLUSIVE BECAUSE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY EITHER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF SWAUK FORMATION (EO) OR BY TONALITE OF SILVER CREEK (MIO). IF MINERALIZATION WAS ASSOCIATED WITH OLIGO PLUTONS, HOST ROCK IS SWAUK FORMATION

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

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. 158.

  • 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 PRESUMED SIMILAR TO BEN BUTLER PROSPECT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025661

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

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