Justin

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095477
MRDS ID M054868
MAS/MILS ID 530610409
Record type Site
Current site name Justin
Related records 10205002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.57111, 48.245 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI EAST OF DARRINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helena Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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 032N 010E 19 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF GOLD MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD PROSPECT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.57111, 48.245

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Darrington District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLEYIN 37, V. 1, P. 161.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK 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 THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit MRDS RECORD M025670 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-03-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and delted duplicate recored 10205002
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530610409 = 10205002

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.