Hoodoo Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tin, Arsenic, Lead
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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095360
MRDS ID M025910
Record type Site
Current site name Hoodoo Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ore Recoveries, Silverton Mines
Related records 10204960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54927, 48.07314 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MI SOUTHEAST OF SILVERTON, Estimated On Unnamed Gulch In Sec. 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(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 Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 010E 20 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON HOODOO GULCH

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Stannite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $20/TON CU+AG+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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54927, 48.07314

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROTOLITH OF HOST ROCKS IS JUR-CRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS OF ORE CONCENTRATED AND SHIPPED ON 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • 420 FT MAIN ADIT, SHORTER ADITS

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. 85.

  • Deposit

    BROUNGTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 48.

  • 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. 362.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SUAK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025636

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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