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Minnehaha

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Reserves and resources
  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 10048586
MRDS ID MP00184
Record type Site
Current site name Minnehaha

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.39899, 47.96343 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTH OF MONTE CRISTO; ABOUT 1.75 MI NORTHEAST OF MINERAL CITY SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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 33 NW4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON EAST SIDE OF EAST FORK SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A FEW SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.156 OZ/TON AU, 5.9 OZ/TON AG, 0.4% CU, 3.52% AS

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.39899, 47.96343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N86W
    Dip 55-68NE
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 17.98M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John A. Campbell
    First year 1892

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.032 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 45.177 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Arsenic As 1.72 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

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. 34.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 162.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS, 1983

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

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

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