| Deposit ID | 10047809 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700094 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sulphide Creek Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Shuksan Prospect, Sulfide Creek |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.54762, 48.81565 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1783 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 2.9 MI SOUTHEAST OF MT. SHUKSAN SUMMIT, Estimated. Location Is Very Approximate. Description Is Vague. Property May Actually Be One Of Others In Sulphide Creek Mineralized Area |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Whatcom(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Shuksan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
North Cascades National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 038N | 010E | 06 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| (1) | -121.54762, 48.81565 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 0.03M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mount Baker District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Park |
|---|---|
| Area name | In North Cascades National Park |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mount Shuksan Molybdenite Mine And Milling Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Bagnell And Robert Johnson, Concrete, Wash., Joe Morovitz |
| First year | 1956 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700094 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 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. 114.
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 | VEINS UP TO 1 INCH THICK, ALSO AS FILMS ALONG JOINTS |
| Deposit | REPORTED TO BE OF NO ECONOMIC VALUE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | MRDS RECORDS D000705, W017834 HAVE 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-JAN-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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