East Standard

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048565
MRDS ID MP00163
Record type Site
Current site name East Standard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.3551, 48.01371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF SLOAN PEAK, ABOUT 0.2 MI WEST OF SOUTH END OF GOAT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sloan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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)

Henry M. Jackson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 011E 11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tonalite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.068 OZ/TON AU, 2.7 OZ/TON AG, 2.55% CU, 20.5% AS, 0.6% SB

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.3551, 48.01371

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractguring

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N20E
    Dip 35NW
    Thickness 0.24M
    Length 214.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goat Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 8000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.96 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 8.47 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.51 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Lead Pb 0.03 wt-pct Lead Minor 1983
    Zinc Zn 0.05 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1983
    Arsenic As 9.16 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983
    Antimony Sb 0.02 wt-pct Antimony Trace 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS AND 1 TRENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., TABOR, R.W., AND JOHNSON, F.L., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE GLACIER PEAK ROADLESS AREA, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1380-C, SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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