Rocky Point Group

Past Producer in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047874
MRDS ID M700212
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Point Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Rocky Point Nos. 1-6
Related records 10301418

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21648, 46.39148 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF DEADMAN LAKE, Estimated In Sw/4 Sec. 32 Near Confluence Of Green River And Miners Creek. As This Area Is Shown As Being Underlain By Glacial Till, Actual Deposit May Be Farther West In Volcanic Rocks, Estimated In Sw/4 Sec. 32 Near Confluence Of Green River And Miners Creek. As This Area Is Shown As Being Underlain By Glacial Till, Actual Deposit May Be Farther West In Volcanic Rocks

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 31,32 SE4 (31) OF SW4 (32) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY JUST WEST OF MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT BOUNDARY. NEAR CONFLUENCE OF GREEN RIVER AND MINERS CREEK AT EDGE OF BLAST AREA FROM 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN 0.55-0.65 OZ/TON AU IN FREE MILLING GOLD

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) -122.21648, 46.39148

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN REFERENCE. AREA IS MOSTLY SHOWN BY RECENT MAPPING AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY GLACIAL TILL AND OTHER QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS. THESE OVERLIE OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS, WHICH ARE THE PROBABLE HOST ROCKS FOR THIS DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AT RIVER LEVEL DRIVEN ALONG VEIN. AS OF 1977 ADIT WAS FILLED WITH DEBRIS FROM THE RIVER AND WAS INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF WHITE QUARTZ. CONSIDERED A GOLD-RICH POLYMETALLIC VEIN
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, 1977. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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