The Primary Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Primary Gold Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Primary Gold Mine
Secondary: Claims: Jim Nos. 1-6, 8
Secondary: Inez Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Eva Nos. 1, 2, 5
Secondary: Ialine
Secondary: O Bill
Secondary: Orell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
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: Primary Gold Co., Yakima, Wash.
Years: 1938 -
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAID TO RANGE FROM $2.10-1,500/TON.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF PGE NOT CONFIRMED BUT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ITS KNOWN PRESENCE IN OTHER PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. PYRITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. THIS PROPERTY IS NOW WITHIN THE CAMP CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT
Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): 30 FT THICK LEDGE OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PYRITE IN QUARTZ GANGUE. THIS CARRIES ONLY TRACES OF GOLD, BUT NARROW STRINGERS OF FREE GOLD ARE PRESENT IN QUARTZ. THE TYPE OF LODE DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SOME PLACERING
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700162
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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