The Plamondon Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.19, -121.84306
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Plamondon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Plamondon Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area
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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Plamondon Brothers Mining Co
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tuff Is Iron Stained
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AS HIGH AS $68/TON REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONSISTED OF 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1943 AND OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON NORTH SIDE OF QUARTZ CREEK. VERY APPROXIMATE LOCATION, 3.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM END OF ROAD
Comment (Development): OWNED JOINTLY WITH PLAMONDON INDIAN MINES, INC., 1940-1944
Comment (Deposit): CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN IRON-STAINED TUFF IS REPORTEDLY MINERALIZED
Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, OPEN CUT
References
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. 155
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