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Pioneer Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047919
MRDS ID M700271
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer Claims
Related records 10179966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.06815, 48.45593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 MI SOUTHEAST OF CASCADE PEAK, Accuarte Within Mineralized Area Based On Map In Church And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 013E 01,02,11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SLOPE OF JOHANNESBURG MOUNTAIN

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Cascade River Schist
    Rock description Cascade River Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pre-Upper Jurassic gneiss
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISTIRCT ALSO CONTAINS SKARN DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cascade District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Soren, William
    Home office Mount Vernon, Wa.
    First year 1943

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 332000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.423 g/mt Gold Minor 1982
    Copper Cu 0.52 wt-pct Copper Minor 1982
    Silver Ag 182.402 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Lead Pb 6.4 wt-pct Lead Minor 1982
    Zinc Zn 6.5 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND INFERRED RESTRICTED RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT

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. 316.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 160-161.

  • Deposit

    STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 16.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN
Deposit 9 PATENTED CLAIMS: PIONEER, IOWA, OLYMPIC, LITTLE BILL, TORPEDO, WHISTLER, P.D., SNOWBIRD, POLE AXE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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