Grand Central

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095806
MRDS ID MP00219
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43064, 47.7062 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTHWEST OF TEMPLE MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Adit Symbol In Ne Corner Sec. 31 Shown On Topo Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grotto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026N 011E 29,31 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF MONEY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED $4/TON (AU?)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation, Silver Pass Volcanic Member
    Rock description Swauk Formation, Silver Pass Volcanic Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43064, 47.7062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1908

Mining district

District name Money Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Mountain Mining Co.
    First year 1915

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED IN 1908.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 116.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 17.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINLETS IN 40 FT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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