| Deposit ID | 10047785 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700065 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midas Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.57874, 48.92676 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1707 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2.75 MI EAST OF GOAT MOUNTAIN SUMMIT; ABOUT 0.8 MI NORTHEAST OF MAMIE PASS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Whatcom(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Sefrit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sumas River(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)
Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 009E | 25 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Silesia Creek Tonalite Phase | ||||
| Rock description | Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Silesia Creek Tonalite Phase | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | Miocene volcanic rocks |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mount Baker District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. A. Nesbitt, John And David Cress, Bellingham, Wash. |
| First year | 1949 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700065 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 274.
KING, R.U. 1966, MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 115.
TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OWNER REPORTED SHOWINGS TOO SMALL TO BE OF INTEREST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORD W017832 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-81 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-91 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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