Huckleberry

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048627
MRDS ID MP00227
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry
Related records 10055946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04036, 47.46121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.85 MI NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Accurate Within Claim Area Probably. Location Given Is Common Section Corner Near Adits

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 014E 24,26 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTHWEST FLANK OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 14 ASSAYS RAN $0.06-3.72/TON AU, $0.15-26.1/TON AG, $0.55-24.20/TON CU

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Ingalls Tectonic Complex
    Rock description Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Ingalls Tectonic Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04036, 47.46121

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. R. Justham, Seattle
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

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. 135.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 60.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN RANGES FROM 8 IN. TO 4 FT WIDE
Deposit MAY BE SAME AS WHITE CAT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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