Silver Coins Claims

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Bismuth
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036766
MRDS ID M025675
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Coins Claims
Related records 10228620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62178, 48.10453 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.1 MI NORTHWEST OF SILVERTON, Estimated Near Center Of Quarter Section Within Elevation Range Given In Reference

Site location context

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)

Boulder River 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 030N 009E 11 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF MARTEN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE OF COSALITE ORE: 0.34 OZ/TON AU, 98.78 OZ/TON AG, 2.2% CU. 8.8% BI, 19.2% ZN, 9.1% PB. TWO CHIP SAMPLES: 2.5, 10.1% ZN, 0.5, 1.4% PB, 0.01, 0.01% BI, 1.4, 4.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.005, TR AU

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 > Granite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt;Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt;Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.62178, 48.10453

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Boulder River Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 137 FT CAVED 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. 164.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R,W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 12 FT WIDE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ZONE WITH 3 FT WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001767 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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