The Wild Rose is a gold, copper, and silver 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, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.96111, -121.41056
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Wild Rose MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Rose
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Mercury
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bonanza Mining Co.
Years: 1901 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Peridotite - Quartzite Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RUSTY MINERALIZED ZONE ALONG CONTACT OF PERIDOTITE WITH SLATY QUARTZITE. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA UNDERLAIN BY BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS. POSSIBLY THERE IS AN AREA OF EASTERN MELANGE BELT ROCKS TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT MAP SCALE.
Comment (Commodity): COPPER PROSPECT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SIVLER CREEK ABOUT 200 YDS UPSTREAM FROM MOLYBDENUM GULCH (NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP)
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD M025932 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
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): SPURR, J.E., 1901, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF MONTE CRISTO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 22D ANNUAL REPORT, PT. 2, P. 777-865.
Reference (Deposit): HILL, T.B., AND MELROSE, J.W., 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON METALLIC MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.
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. 92.
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