Anaconda Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. 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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036756
MRDS ID M025664
Record type Site
Current site name Anaconda Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.45343, 47.89342 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI WEST OF GALENA SITE, Estimated Within Quarter Section From Map In Broughton

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 19 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MOUNTAIN ABOVE MICHIGAN GULCH

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Index Batholith;Index Batholith
    Rock description Index Batholith;Index Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.45343, 47.89342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 4.57M

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 Surface/Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PARALLEL VEINS AND 1 CROSS VEIN. MAXIMUM WIDTH OF VEINS IS 30 FT BUT ORE IS RESTRICTED TO 1.5-15 FT WIDTH

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.