United Group

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047865
MRDS ID M700197
Record type Site
Current site name United Group
Alternate or previous names Mount Fairy Prospect, Claims: Mount Fairy Nos. 1-2, Mary Nos. 1-6 Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.09258, 46.30231 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.25 MI NORTHWEST OF META LAKE. ABOUT 1 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTH TIP OF SPIRIT LAKE, Estimated Within Quarter Section Near West Edge

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 32 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS EXTEND IN NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FROM NORTH SHORE OF META LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 6.0% CU, 0.21-0.63 OZ/TON AU, 1.1-4.3 OZ/TON 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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

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 Monumnet In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 ADITS, 12-75 FT LONG, NOW MOSTLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • ADITS WERE DRIVEN FROM 1904-1909 ALONG THE BANKS OF FLORENCE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN QUARTZ IS PRESENT IN A SERIES OF NORTHWEST-TRENDING MINERALIZED FRACTURES
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

Beyond USGS

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