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Elsie Claim

Occurrence in Skagit 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047978
MRDS ID M700353
Record type Site
Current site name Elsie Claim
Alternate or previous names Pochantes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.05954, 48.50232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH OF FORBIDDEN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Forbidden Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 013E 24 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN BOSTON BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite 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 > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Eldorado Orthogneiss
    Rock description Eldorado Orthogneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.05954, 48.50232
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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 Cascade District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mandahl, O. W.
    Home office Sedro Wooley, Wa
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT ADIT.

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. 76.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO CLAIMS: ELSIE AND POCHANTES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit TWO PARALLEL STRINGERS ABOUT 4 FT APART IN DIORITE.

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

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