The Rainy Mine is a gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.98417, -121.38139
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Rainy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rainy Mine
Secondary: Ben Lomond
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo 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 Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. F. Birney
Home Office: Everett, Wa.
Years: 1940 -
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: 1913-1915
Material type: ?
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.638 Oz/Ton Au, 2.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 19.6% As
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (FROM COMPANY DATA)
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, FLOODED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS OF DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS. MAIN ORE BODY 300 FT IN DIAMETER AND AS THICK AS 5 FT
Comment (Geology): REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES WITH AN OVERPRINT OF CASCADES MAGMATISM
References
Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND OTHERS, DERKEY AND OTHERS
Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON AND OTHERS
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942. INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 21-22.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 361.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 6, 28.
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. 163
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