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Bob Canson Prospect

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Arsenic
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  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. 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 10036899
MRDS ID M025864
Record type Site
Current site name Bob Canson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04452, 47.46093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.75 MI NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Estimated On Adit Symbol Shown Near North Border Of Quarter Quarter Section

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 26 NE4 OF NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04452, 47.46093
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY ROCKS OF THE INGALLS COMPLEX ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bob Canson Mining Co.
    First year 1938

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, OPEN CUT

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

    FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE AT CONTACT OF GRAY AND GREEN VOLCANIC ROCKS

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

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