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Texas

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. 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. 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 10048592
MRDS ID MP00190
Record type Site
Current site name Texas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43649, 47.92231 (WGS84)
Elevation 591
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI SOUTH OF MONTE CRISTO; ABOUT 1.75 MI SOUTH OF MINERAL CITY SITE, Estimated From Claim Map In Johnson And Others

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 011E 07 SE CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • HUNTTING LISTS LOCATION AS NE/4 SEC. 17; THIS DOES NOT MATCH LOCATION AS SHOWN ON MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result A FEW SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.044 OZ/TON AU, 0.56% 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43649, 47.92231
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N82W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 16000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 0.649 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Arsenic As 0.41 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT IS TOO LOW GRADE TO BE ECONOMIC

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 37.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, OPEN CUTS

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. 38.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 165.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SULFIDE-BEARING SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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