The John Newhouse Occurence is a gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 2,900 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: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.98222, -121.55556
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John Newhouse Occurence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: John Newhouse Occurence
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan District
Land Status
Not available
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON HILLSIDE EAST OF NORTH FORK SULTAN RIVER 0.5 MI EAST OF CONFLUENCE OF NORTH FORK WITH ELK CREEK
Comment (Development): REPORTEDLY PROSEPCTED YEARS AGO BY HOHN NEWHOUSE
Comment (Deposit): NO VEIN APPARENT ON PROPERTY
Comment (Workings): OLD CAVED ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 73.
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. 161.
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, SCALE1:100,000.
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