| Deposit ID | 10047863 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700195 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Yellow Metals Prospect |
| Related records | 10156208 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.10452, 46.30592 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.6 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NORTH END OF SPIRIT LAKE, Estimated At Center Of Section. Claims Are Not Shown In Moen Unless They Are Considered Eastern Part Of Norway-Sweeden Group, In Which Case Location Given Is Too Far East, Estimated At Center Of Section. Claims Are Not Shown In Moen Unless They Are Considered Eastern Part Of Norway-Sweeden Group, In Which Case Location Given Is Too Far East |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Skamania(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spirit Lake East(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 010N | 006E | 31 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | MAXIMUM $60 IN CU+AU+AG. |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -122.10452, 46.30592 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Monument |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Within Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mining Corp., Ltd., Portland, Oreg. |
| First year | 1901 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700195 |
HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEIN. DEPOSIT SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO CHICAGO PROSPECT, WHICH COULD INDICATE PRESENCE OF PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, AND NATIVE CU |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONTAINS SEVERAL CLAIMS |
| 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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