Kangaroo Group

The Kangaroo Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 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

Name: Kangaroo Group

State:  Washington

County:  Skamania

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 46.28833, -122.09111

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Kangaroo Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kangaroo Group
Secondary: Claims: Kangaroo Nos. 1-5 Lodes


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Spirit Lake 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: May Be Partly In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


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: VEIN


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fracture


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): BEDROCK CONCEALED BY PUMICE AND PUMICITE IN 1977; PROBABLY ALSO THIN LAYER OF ASH FROM 1980 ERUPTION. FRACTURE ZONE 15-24 IN. THICK CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF CALCITE AND MINOR QUARTZ WITH AN OUTER FRINGE OF IRON OXIDE AND GOUGE. VEIN APPEARS MOSTLY BARREN BUT CONTAINS SPARSE MINERALIZATION

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1 MI FROM SPIRIT LAKE PLUTON. OTHER SMALL INTRUSIONS, PROBABLY RELATED TO FLOWS IN AREA, ARE NEARBY

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP, MAP OF CLAIMS AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): FOLLOWS A STRETCH OF BEAN CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS


References

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 34-35, 39-40


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