White Swan Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodity Silver
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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036952
MRDS ID M025934
Record type Site
Current site name White Swan Prospect
Related records 10180041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62844, 48.11175 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTHEAST OF CLEAR LAKE, Estimated In Se/4 Sec. 3 In Cirque Wall Below Granite Pass

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mallardy Ridge(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)

Boulder River Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009E 03 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEADWATERS OF MARTEN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM OUTCROP YIELDED 200 OZ/TON AG

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 > Granite
    Rock unit name Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
    Rock description Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.62844, 48.11175

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT LOCATION IS NEAR CONTACT OF SQUIRE CREEK STOCK WITH METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF THE EASTERN MELANGE BELT

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 Wilderness
Area name In Boulder River Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN PARALLELS THE DOUBTFUL VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.