White Cat

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048636
MRDS ID MP00238
Record type Site
Current site name White Cat

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.04008, 47.46149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.2 MI NORTHEAST OF DAVIS PEAK, Accurate On Adit Shown On Topo Map Which Is Located Where Sketch Map In Gualtieri And Others Show Prospect

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 SW CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON WESTERN SLOPE OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN. MAY BE SAME AS HUCKLEBERRY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Hawkins Formation
    Rock description Hawkins Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.04008, 47.46149

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS CONTAINING LENSES OF SULFIDE MINERALS
    Strike N55W; N30-45W
    Dip 35-45SW; 50-67SW
  • General form VEINS CONTAINING LENSES OF SULFIDE MINERALS
    Strike N55W; N30-45W
    Dip 35-45SW; 50-67SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Huckleberry Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 6000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 74.259 g/mt Silver Major 1975
    Zinc Zn 0.3 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Lead Pb 0.34 wt-pct Lead Trace 1975
    Copper Cu 0.07 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBMARGINAL RESOURCES

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPEIL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 113-115

  • Production

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE STRINGERS IN SHEAR ZONES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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