Gold Creek

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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. 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 10048441
MRDS ID MP00028
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.33536, 47.45482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AREA IS EAST OF ALASKA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N}023N 011E}012E 25,36}27,34 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI SOUTH OF MIDDLE FORK SNOQUALMIE PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanic Rocks Are Hornfelsed And Pyritized. Widespread Secondary Biotite Alteration

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith;Naches Formation
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith;Naches Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.33536, 47.45482

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Nw Shearing, Some Ne Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK

Comments on the geologic information

  • SIMILAR TO MINERAL CREEK DEPOSIT. THERE IS A WELL DEVELOPED PYRITE GOSSAN

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 Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brameda Resources Ltd.
    Home office Vancouver, B.C.
    First year 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESOURCE ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN MADE BUT GRANT (1976) SPECULATED THAT THERE MAY BE AS MUCH AS 50 MILLION TONS OF ORE-GRADE MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION FO MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 86-88.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 43-44.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, PLATE 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS REALTED TO SATELLITE STOCK OF SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH. ZONE OF SULFIDE MINERALIZATION COVERS ABOUT 2 SQUARE MI. LOW GRADE CU MINERALIZATION IN VOLCANIC ROCKS, ORTHOCLASE-RICH REPLACEMENT BRECCIAL CONTAINING <0.3-0.8% CU, INCREASED CU VALUES AND ALTERATION IN DEEP DRILL HOLES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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