Yellow Metals Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047863
MRDS ID M700195
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Metals Prospect
Related records 10156208

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 006E 31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM $60 IN CU+AU+AG.

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) -122.10452, 46.30592

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 - Spirit Lake Area

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mining Corp., Ltd., Portland, Oreg.
    First year 1901

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79

General comments

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

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

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