The Deerfly Prospect is a lead, silver, gold, copper, and zinc mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.20833, -120.94778
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Deerfly Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deerfly Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Sampson District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Glacier Peak Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Deer Creek
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 OZ/TON AU, 12-30 OZ/TON AG, 40-60% PB
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED AND INFERRED SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE A HALO AROUND THE GLACIER PEAK DEPOSIT. PB AND ZN OCCUR IN SOME MASSIVE SULFIDE VEINS LOCALLY 18-21 IN. WIDE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN SUIATTLE PASS
Comment (Development): NOT DRILLED BY BEAR CREEK BECAUSE AREA WAS PERIPHERAL TO THEIR AREA OF INTEREST
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS AND ADITS
Comment (Location): MRDS location-problem algorithm found lat/long NAD27 48-12-30N 120-56-52W disagreed with the political location of Snohmish county. Potential duplicate record 10277488 Deerfly, plots 1.1 mi to the SW, solidly in Snohmish county. However, the PLSS coords 31N 15E S11 and UTM coords, as well as the 1 mi E of Plummer Mtn. description were in agreement with the lat/long so the county name was changed to Chelan.
References
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. 233.
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 11.
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, A.R., 1982, SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY DATA FOR THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS, CHELAN, SNOHOMISH, AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-408, P. 30.
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 16.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1982
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