Armament Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036811
MRDS ID M025731
Record type Site
Current site name Armament Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wayside, Molly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44232, 47.88814 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.5 MI FROM INDEX; ABOUT 2.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF SCOTT PEAK, Estimated From Description In Broughton. Actual Location May Be Farther To Southwest Because Location Given Is In Ne/4 Section

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 30 NW/4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF NORTH FORK SKYKOMISH RIVER JUST BELOW GALENA GUARD STATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Is Altered

Analytical data

Result 3 10-FT CHANNEL SAMPLES OF "BETTER ORE" YIELDED 0.06, 0.24, 0.11% MOS2
Result 0.15, 0.3, 0.36% 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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Index Batholith
    Rock description Index Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44232, 47.88814

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK
    Thickness 19.81M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 38.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Index District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Karl And Karin Elizabeth Paykull
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. M. Brown, Pheom And Marjorie Boyle
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKWORK OF VEINLETS 3 IN. WIDE AND SPACED ABOUT 6 IN. APART. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF STOCKWORK
Deposit MRDS RECORDS W017923, D000689 HAVE 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-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.