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Skagit Queen Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047993
MRDS ID M700378
Record type Site
Current site name Skagit Queen Claims
Alternate or previous names British, Skagit Queen Mine
Related records 10155642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0151, 48.52149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1369
Relative position 2.1 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF FORBIDDEN PEAK; 1 MI BY TRAIL UP SKAGIT QUEEN CREEK, Accurate Within Claim Area. Location Given Is Adit Symbol Labeled Skagit Queen On Topo Map

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 014E 05,06,07,08,17,18 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: SAID TO BE $15-18/TON IN ALL VALUES.

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;Cascade Pass Dike
    Rock description Eldorado Orthogneiss;Cascade Pass Dike

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.0151, 48.52149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along N-Nw Trending Axes

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISS CUT BY MAFIC DIKES (CONTAIN ORE VEINS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thunder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner British Mining Co.
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • 670 FT CROSSCUT ADIT THAT FAILED TO REACH ORE.

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

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, 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 32 CLAIMS AND 4 MILLSITES PATENTED AND 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 4 VEINS 4-6 FT WIDE IN MAFIC DIKES THAT CUTS GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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