The Mineral Center Prospect is a lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 47.96222, -121.42472
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Mineral Center Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Center Prospect
Secondary: Bonanza
Secondary: Edison
Secondary: Louise
Secondary: Washington-Iowa
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Silver 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 Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mineral Center Mining Co.
Home Office: Tacoma, Wa.
Years: 1951 -
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: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Metasedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.04-0.18 OZ/TON AU, 0.04-7.38 OZ/TON AG. $2.50-132/TON AU+AG+CU
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. 0.25 MI EAST OF RED GULCH ON NORTH SIDE SILVER CREEK ON SOUTH SLOPE OF SILVER TIP MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONES AND ONE DIKE
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS, OPEN CUTS
References
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): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 162.
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. 31.
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