The Lost Creek Prospect is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.86611, -121.43583
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Lost Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Index 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-Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. J. Wallace, C. L. Byron
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1912 -
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $4/TON AU, 2.8 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS NEAR CONTACT WITH INDEX BATHOLITH. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA AS UNDERLAIN BY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE SWAUK FORMATION; QUARTZITE MAY REFER TO THESE ROCKS OR TO A SMALL SLIVER OF EASTERN MELANGE BELT METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO LIKELY STRUCTURES SHOWN IN AREA OF PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONE CONTAINING DISSEMINATED ORE MINERALS
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. 87.
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. 18.
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