Cascade Claims

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047986
MRDS ID M700367
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Claims
Related records 10228690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.17677, 48.45232 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 0.9 MI SOUTHWEST OF MINERAL PARK CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonny Boy Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(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

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 07 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH FORK OF CASCADE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 32-37% PB, 48-51 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU

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 Cascade River Schist
    Rock description Cascade River Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.17677, 48.45232

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.25M

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-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Messrs. Mcintosh And Daly
    First year 1892

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 FT VEIN WITH A 10 IN. PAYSTREAK.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS: CASCADE, IRONCLAD, SILVER BUTTE. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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