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Mountain Chief Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead
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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. 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 10047854
MRDS ID M700183
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Chief Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.1323, 46.34509 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.25 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF VENUS LAKE, ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF SHOVEL LAKE, Estimated Within Quarter Section Near Center

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake West(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 13 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

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) -122.1323, 46.34509
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

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 Alke Area

Land status

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, WHICH HAS BEEN CAVED SINCE THE 1930'S.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IN GRANITE
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

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

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