Big Dome Prospect

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Uranium, Lead, Zinc
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036897
MRDS ID M025862
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dome Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02758, 47.48788 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 27 MI FROM ROSLYN; ABOUT 4 MI NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Estimated From Map In Gualtieri And Others, Estimated From Map In Gualtieri And Others, Estimated From Map In Gualtieri And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 13 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TRACES OF RADIOACTIVITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 5 CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 3.4-10.3 PPM AG, TO 0.64% CU, 0.02-0.04% W, TRACES AU, PB, ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02758, 47.48788

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huckleberry Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Dome Mining Co., Inc.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

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. 59.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 114.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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