Johnsburg

Past Producer in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131900
MRDS ID M700371
MAS/MILS ID 0530570163
Record type Site
Current site name Johnsburg
Alternate or previous names Johnsburg,Tarco,Prospectors Frend, Prospectors Friend, Tarcoo Union, Union, Johnsburg.Claim Names Are:Lookout, Lookout
Related records 10047989

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.10291, 48.48012 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cascade Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035 N 013 E 34 SWSWSE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Azurite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Mimetite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.10291, 48.48012

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N12E
    Dip 80W
    Thickness 21M
    Length 30M
    Width 0.8M
    Area 32HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N12E:80W
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32
    Date of Last Modification 800602

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Cascade District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilver Queen Mining And Smelting Co.
    First year 1892
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Johnsburg Mining And Milling Co.
    Home office Washington
    First year 1949
    Last year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaess Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    First year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BEHRENS,R.H,1934,P6-2N-AG VEINS BOSTON BSN,SKGT CO WA.VWA B

  • Deposit

    HODGES,L.K,1897,MING PAC NW SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVTRY WA MIN DEPS.WA DIV GEOL BUL 37

  • Deposit

    TABOR,R.W,1961,XLLINE GEOL OF AREA S.CASCADE PASS N.CASC.MTN

  • Deposit

    WA DIV GEOL EARTH RESOURCES UNPUBD DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 050 COLS 50-53 TUNELING DONE PRIOR 1951 REC 070 COLS 23-72 NO DATA REC 080 COLS 35-52 EXPOSED REC 120 COL 58 MORE EXPLORATION REQD ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME TO PRODUCE ORE IS 3 YEARS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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