Devils Canyon Prospect

Prospect in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130778
MRDS ID D000661
MAS/MILS ID 0530330001
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Devils Canyon, Consolidated Molybdenum Prospect
Related records 10008477

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.507, 47.61561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1005
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Philippa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snoqualmie(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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 025 N 010 E 27 S2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Tertiary granitic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Target Mines, Inc.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Geo-Mineral Exploration Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 269.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, TABLE 12, NOS. 88

  • Deposit

    AND 89, P. 205; FIG. 63, P. 201.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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