Thunder Creek

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088862
MRDS ID M700379
Record type Site
Current site name Thunder Creek
Alternate or previous names Dorothy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.98927, 48.51982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTHWEST OF MT. LOGAN. ABOUT 1.8 MI NORTHWEST OF PARK CREEK PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Logan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 014E 15 W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS MINING WIDTH: 10% PB, 4% ZN, 7 OZ/TON AG
Result 2 FT WIDE SAMPLE IN UPPER ADIT 215 FT FROM PORTAL: 5% PB, 4.7% ZN, 0.34% CU, 4.25 OZ/TON AG, 0.01 OZ/TON AU.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Skagit Gneiss Complex
    Rock description Skagit Gneiss Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.98927, 48.51982

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLGOY PROJECTED FROM TABOR AND OTHERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Thunder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thunder Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1928
    Last year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 361.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 425 FT ADIT, 760 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P 232.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, V. 1, P. 163.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF TEH MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, COMPOSED OF BRECCIA CEMENTED BY GOUGE AND ORE MINERALS, AVERAGES 5 IN. WIDE ALONG A FAULT IN DIORITE
Deposit 6 PATENTED CLAIMS: DOROTHY NOS. 1-6, AND A MILLSITE. A TON OR SO OF ORE ON THE TRAIL BELOW THE MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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