Mine detail: Little Chief Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.03537, -121.55288

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Nickel, Cobalt
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS IN SHEAR ZONE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt;Eastern Melange Belt
Associated type:Greenstone
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM025746
DEP10036825
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. 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.}
ReporterAndrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.