The Lennox is a gold mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 2,349 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: 2,349 Feet (716 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.6525, -121.57333
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Lennox MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lennox
Secondary: Lenox Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Prospectors Ridge Area
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 Snoqualmie National Forest Adjacent To Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lennox Mining And Development Co.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Joel Ray
Years: 1991 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE-TON LOT OF PICKED ORE (1938) SHOWED: 1.14 OZ/TON AU, 10.42 OZ/TON AG, 1.5% CU, 1.2% PB, 8.3% ZN, 6.18% AS, 0.67% SB. 8 SAMPLES (1947) YIELDED $7.50-63.91/TON IN TOTAL METALS. SEVERAL ALANYSES IN GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975, WITH MAXIMUMS OF 0.39 OZ/TON AU, 43.8 OZ/TON AG, 2.2% CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): MINE DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE IN 1991
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONES OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL HUNDRED SQUARE FEET
Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PITS
Comment (Deposit): LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Production): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25.
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 77-79.
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. 128.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 161.
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