Peacock

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048609
MRDS ID MP00206
Record type Site
Current site name Peacock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8712, 48.14288 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.9 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF SEVEN FINGERED JACK, Estimated From Map In Church And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 016E 33 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON CREST OF PHELPS RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result A FEW SAMPLES ANALYZED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 5.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.07 OZ/TON AU, 0.,51% CU, 27% 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 > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.8712, 48.14288

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Glacier Peak Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPEIL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 98-82, P. 21.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL DEPOSITS INDICATED BY STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS (1982) TO BE "ANCIENT STEAM VENTS". OTHER INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE DEPOSIT IS MORE LIKELY RELATED TO THE PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION NEARBY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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