The Silver Creek Prospect is a zinc and lead mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,201 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: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.72639, -122.17750
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Silver Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal 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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZONE IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 3% PB AND ZN MINERALS AND <1% CU MINERALS
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 2.5 MI UP SILVER CREEK FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH WASHOUGAL RIVER, ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK
Comment (Deposit): 5-10 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE IN ANDESITE PORPHYRY EXPOSED IN TRIBUTARIES ON BOTH SIDES OF SILVER CREEK. ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS DISSEMINATED GRAINS AND SMALL BLEBS ALONG EDGES OF BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND IN THIN VEINLETS IN QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): ADITS DRIVEN INTO SHEAR ZONE ON BOTH SIDES OF SILVER CREEK, NOW INACCESSIBLE BECAUSE OF CAVED PORTALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
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. 43, 56.
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