Little Myrtle Lake Area

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048654
MRDS ID MP00265
Record type Site
Current site name Little Myrtle Lake Area
Alternate or previous names Upper Myrtle Lake, Mudge Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.37759, 47.55676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTH OF LAKE DOROTHY, Estimated From Map In Gualtieri And Others. Location Given Is Probably Within Altered Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snoqualmie Lake(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)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024N 011E 23 W2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rocks Said To Be Altered But Character Of Alteration Not Described

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAIN MAXIMUM OF 0.025% 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
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.37759, 47.55676

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwest-Trending Shear Zones
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, 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. 136-138.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA SAID TO HAVE POTENTIAL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF AG, CU, AND MO AND MAY BE AN EXTENSION OF THE MIDDLE FORK ZONE SYSTEM OF PORPHYRY DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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