The Knudson & Myers is a gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,421 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: 2,421 Feet (738 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.34639, -121.79528
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Knudson & Myers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Knudson & Myers
Commodity
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
Not available
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: VEINS
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CONFLUENCE OF MCCOY AND SCAMP CREEKS
Comment (Production): PLACER OPERATIONS IN THE 1930'S RECOVERED UNKNOWN AMOUNTS OF COARSE ROUGH GOLD
Comment (Deposit): GOLD BEARING QUARTZ STRINGERS, AND PLACER GOLD
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISON OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 29, 32.
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