| Deposit ID | 10036830 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025751 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kelley Creek Prospect |
| Related records | 10179868 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.49343, 47.99287 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 975 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.2 MI NORTHWEST OF FOGGY LAKE, Estimated From Map In Carithers And Guard In Northwest Corner Of Section |
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)
Stillaguamish(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Snohomish |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 029N | 010E | 23 | NW/4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Index Batholith;Index Batholith | ||||
| Rock description | Index Batholith;Index Batholith | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Swauk Formation |
| Rock description | Swauk Formation |
| (1) | -121.49343, 47.99287 |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N65W |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sultan District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025751 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 86.
CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 71.
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.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ZONE OF SPARSELY MINERALIZED GOUGE AND BRECCIA; FRACTURED QUARTZITE WITH SPARSELY MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEINLETS. QUARTZITE IS NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZ DIORITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-85 | Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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