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Anderson

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Titanium, Metal
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048617
MRDS ID MP00215
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Alternate or previous names Baring
Related records 10055917

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.50649, 47.75481 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position ABOUT 1.7 MI SOUTHWEST OF BARING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Index(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026N 010E 10,11 S2 (10); SE CORNER (11) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO BUT NOT IN SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 35-60.7% FE, 9.51-10.2% SIO, 20.75% AL2O3, 4.53% CAO, 1.15% MGO, 0.65% P, 0.09%S, TR-0.94% TIO2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith;Snoqualmie Batholith
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith;Snoqualmie Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.50649, 47.75481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Of Batholith With Sedimentary Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR MASS
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chemically Reactive Host Rocks

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE PRESUMED TO BE A SMALL ROOF PENDANT IN THE BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Miller River District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Theodore Anderson, Everett
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD REPORTEDLY SHIPPED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 2,000 TONS EXPOSED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, 2 OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 105.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 196.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

Reporter information

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

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