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Big Falls Group

Occurrence in Lewis 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. 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 10047868
MRDS ID M700203
Record type Site
Current site name Big Falls Group
Alternate or previous names Big Falls Claim, Green River Claims
Related records 10228578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.19787, 46.40064 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI NORTHWEST OF DEADMAN LAKE, Estimated At Common Section Corner, Estimated At Common Section Corner

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011N 005E 28,32,33 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO BOUNDARY OF MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.19787, 46.40064
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE; RECENT MAPPING INDICATES AREA IN UNDERLAIN BY A VARIETY OF OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS INCLUDING VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, TUFFS, AND BASALT

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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE
Deposit MRDS RECORD M700206 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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