Mine detail: 48-55 Prospect

Previously called 'GarnetVesper Peak'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.01537, -121.53121

Resource(B)

Primary:	Garnet
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Grossularite
Gangue:	Augite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Prehnite, Scapolite, Vesuvianite
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1937

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Eastern Melange Belt
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Squire Creek Stock And Related Rocks
Associated type:	Tonalite
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M025629
DEP	10036723
Reference	{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37,V. 1, P. 83.}{Deposit:: CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 70.}{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.}
Reporter	Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.