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Great Northern Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092673
MRDS ID M700360
Record type Site
Current site name Great Northern Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97343, 48.51593 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.55 MI SOUTHWEST OF MT LOGAN., Estimated Directly East Of Lakeshore Claims

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 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SILVER BASIN, ADJACENT TO LAKESIDE CLAIMS (M700 373); SOUTH SIDE OF BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Skagit Gneiss Complex;
    Rock description Skagit Gneiss Complex;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97343, 48.51593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 90
    Width 7.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY PROJECTED FROM TABOR AND OTHERS. AFFINITY OF GRANITE UNKNOWN

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

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

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. 154.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE 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 MINERALIZED ZONE 26 FT WIDE IN GRANITE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
Deposit SEVERAL CLAIMS. ; 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

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