The Rocky Point Group is a gold mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 46.39167, -122.21528
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Rocky Point Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocky Point Group
Secondary: Claims: Rocky Point Nos. 1-6
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: St. Helens District - Ryan 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: In Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN 0.55-0.65 OZ/TON AU IN FREE MILLING GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLY JUST WEST OF MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT BOUNDARY. NEAR CONFLUENCE OF GREEN RIVER AND MINERS CREEK AT EDGE OF BLAST AREA FROM 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN OF WHITE QUARTZ. CONSIDERED A GOLD-RICH POLYMETALLIC VEIN
Comment (Workings): ADIT AT RIVER LEVEL DRIVEN ALONG VEIN. AS OF 1977 ADIT WAS FILLED WITH DEBRIS FROM THE RIVER AND WAS INACCESSIBLE
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN REFERENCE. AREA IS MOSTLY SHOWN BY RECENT MAPPING AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY GLACIAL TILL AND OTHER QUATERNARY SEDIMENTS. THESE OVERLIE OLIGOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS, WHICH ARE THE PROBABLE HOST ROCKS FOR THIS DEPOSIT
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. 61.
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, 27.
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