Mine detail: Little Chief Prospect

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Location: Snohomish County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.03537, -121.55288
dep_id: 10036825
mrds_id: M025746
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Nickel, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
hrock_type: Quartzite
arock_unit: Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
arock_type: Greenstone
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 GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 48-49.
  • 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. 49-50.
  • 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.
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