Mine detail: Lost Creek Prospect

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Location: Snohomish County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.86592, -121.43704
dep_id: 10036824
mrds_id: M025745
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: DISSEMINATED
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
ore_ctrl: Fracturing
Reporter: Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Swauk Formation
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Index Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 87.
  • Deposit:: BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 18.
  • Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.
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