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Buckindy

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10048437
MRDS ID MP00024
Record type Site
Current site name Buckindy
Alternate or previous names Mount Buckindy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.21788, 48.35482 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI WEST OF BENCH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downey Mountain(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 033N 012E 10,11,12,13,14 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MOUNT BUCKINDY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Phyllic, Structurally Controlled Propylitic. Breccias Have Been Flooded By Silica

Analytical data

Result BEST DRILL HOLE AVERADES 0.337% CU AND 0.13% MOS2 OVER 425 FT. TWO 9-10 FT INTERVALS ASSAYED >1% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mount Buckindy Pluton;Mount Buckindy Pluton;Tonalite Gneiss Of Bench Lake
    Rock description Mount Buckindy Pluton;Mount Buckindy Pluton;Tonalite Gneiss Of Bench Lake

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.21788, 48.35482
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends E-W. Fracturing And Shearing Trend Nne To Ne

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK VEINLETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO GLACIER PEAK DEPOSIT IN METALLOGENY AND ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Glacier Peak Wilderness In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bear Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1957

Comments on the workings information

  • 2280.5 FT IN 5 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, EXTENSIVE SOIL AND STREAM SEDIMENT SAMPLING PROGRAM

Comments on development

  • 5 DRILL HOLES WERE NOT PARTICULARLY ENCOURAGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 69-71.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST ERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1982, SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY DATA FOR THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS, CHELAN, SNOHOMISH, AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-408, P. 18-22.

  • 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 ADACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-82, P. 23.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION SEEN IS HIGH IN SYSTEM AND PROPHYRY CORE, IF PRESENT, IS PROBABLY DEEPLY BURIED. TARGET ZONE CONTAINS SEVERAL SMALL BRECCIA PIPES. LITTLE DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION. DEPOSIT CONTAINS A LARGER PROPORTION OF MO THAN IS TYPICAL OF THESE DEPOSITS BUT INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT TO CALL IT A PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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