The Ala-Dickson Claims is a gold, silver, and copper 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, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.01917, -121.56333
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Ala-Dickson Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ala-Dickson Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan 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: Partly In Snoqualmie 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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Comments
Comment (Geology): DIKE IS PROBABLY RELATED TO BATHOLITHIC ROCKS
Comment (Deposit): ORE CONSISTS OF 4 PARALLEL ZONES 2-3 FT WIDE OVER A 90 FT WIDTH OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ CARBONATE VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY IF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79.
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. 50-51.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
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