Reeves Prospect

Occurrence in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047873
MRDS ID M700211
Record type Site
Current site name Reeves Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claim: High Jack No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44729, 46.76788 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI SOUTHWEST OF BUMPING LAKE; ABOUT 3.5 MI SOUTH OF COUGAR LAKE; 0.75 MI NORTHWEST OF FRYING PAN LAKE, Estimated In Northeast Corner Of Section Near Crest Of Cascades

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cougar Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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)

William O. Douglas Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 015N 011E 29 CENTER OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF CASCADES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eocene nonmarine rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N35W
    Dip 70NE
    Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK ALTERNATIVELY STATED AS BEING GREENSTONE. SIMMONS AND OTHERS SHOW AREA AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY OHANAPECOSH FORMATION AND PUGET GROUP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer W.R. Reeves

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH, CAVED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ZONE 10 FT THICK CONTAINS A 6-8 IN. THICK BAND OF STIBNITE-BEARING SILICEOUS BRECCIA. A SMALL PART OF THE STIBNITE HAS BEEN OXIDIZED TO GRAYISH-WHITE STIBICONITE.
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001653 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-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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