Zinc Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095764
MRDS ID M700198
Record type Site
Current site name Zinc Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gold Creek Prospect
Related records 10204851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.13424, 45.74564 (WGS84)
Elevation 432
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE; 15 MI BY ROAD FROM WASHOUGAL; ABOUT 7.25 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Stream Shown In Sec. 13

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 13 SW4 OF NE4 OF NW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON GOLD RUN CREEK, A MINOR TRIBUTARY TO THE WASHOUGAL RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized

Analytical data

Result VEIN ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 5% ZN AND LESS THAN 2% GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE. AU AND AG REPORTED IN ASSAYS.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics
    Rock description Skamania Volcanics;Skamania Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.13424, 45.74564

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N20-35W, N30W
    Dip 50-70 SW, VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 83.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lessees G. A. John, Axel Bloomquist, Fred Mckay, Vancouver, Wash.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner Weyerhaeuser Co.
    Year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT ADIT, SHAFTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FRACTURE ZONES AVERAGE 3 FT THICK BUT MAY BE 10 FT THICK LOCALLY. SEVERAL OF THE FRACTURES HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED. MAIN MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE IS ON SOUTHWEST BANK OF GOLD RUN CREEK ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO CREEK. PARTS OF FRACTURE ZONE ARE SILICIFIED. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN VEIN AND MAY BE SPOTTY AND SPARSE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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