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Silver Creek Gold & Lead

Past Producer in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10048639
MRDS ID MP00242
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Creek Gold & Lead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.49702, 46.97759 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 35 MI BY ROAD FROM ENUMCLAW, 60 MI FROM TACOMA; ABOUT 1.5 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF GOAT LAKE, Estimated; Possibly Too Far North

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(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 Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017N 010E 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NORTH OF THE SILVER CREEK PROPERTY ON SILVER CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Ohanapecosh Formation
    Rock description Ohanapecosh Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Creek Gold And Lead Corp.
    Home office Seattle, WA
    First year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, DRIFT

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. 328.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 153.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED 1-4 FT WIDE FAULT ZONE CONSISTING OF LIMY GOUGE WITH BANDS OF QUARTZ THAT CONTAIN SULFIDES

Reporter information

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

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