Big Four Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Arsenic, Antimony
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 10036785
MRDS ID M025696
Record type Site
Current site name Big Four Prospect
Related records 10205011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.53454, 48.04981 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COPPER LAKE, Estimated In North Central Part Of Quarter Section Based On 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 010E 33 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF BIG FOUR MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result $50/TON

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 > Syenite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.53454, 48.04981

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THE SYENITE AND GRANITE MENTIONED IN REFERENCES CORRESPONDS WITH THE SQUIRE CREEK STOCK

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 Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT 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. 233.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMICH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    PRUDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 38.

  • 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 SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE MAIN HOST TO ORE BUT DIKES ARE ALSO MINERALIZED
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001705 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.