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Morning Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10047853
MRDS ID M700182
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.17787, 46.38009 (WGS84)
Elevation 777
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.25 MI WEST OF DEADMAN LAKE, Estimated Near Center Of East Boundary Of Section On West Side Of Falls Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vanson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 005E 04 E4 CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MI UP FALLS CREEK FROM CONFLUENCE WITH GREEN RIVER. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS NE/4 SEC. 20, T. 10 N., R. 6 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.17787, 46.38009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFERENCE GIVES HOST ROCK AS TERTIARY ANDESITE, BUT RECENT UNPUB. MAPPING SHOWS AREA UNDERLAIN BY THE SPIRIT LAKE PLUTON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 71.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT WITH DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE VEIN IN ANDESITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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