The Paradise Prospect is a copper mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.76417, -121.78861
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Paradise Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paradise Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Iva Henry Nos. 1
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Mt. Rainier District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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 Mount Rainier National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Paradise Mining Co.
Years: 1921 -
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 40 TON SHIPMENT SAID TO ASSAY 10% CU.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ADJOINING EAGLE PEAK PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH
Comment (Workings): ADIT, SHORT DRIFT, OPEN CUT
Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY 40 TONS SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1921.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED SLIP PLANE IN ANDESITE CARRIES 4-8 IN. THICK VEIN OF ORE AND MINOR PARALLEL STREAKS OF ORE.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT EAGLE PEAK MINE
Comment (Deposit): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700205
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING
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. 61
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