The Marcus Stein is a gold and silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.19694, -120.74278
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Marcus Stein MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Marcus Stein
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Railroad Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): AT MOUTH OF WILSON CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANNIGAN, 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 (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 157.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 286.
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