The Angeles Star is a zinc and gold mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,650 Feet (503 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.03389, -123.50139
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Angeles Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Angeles Star
Secondary: Winter
Secondary: Gregory-Savage
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
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 Olympic National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Winters, Byron
Home Office: Tacoma, Wa.
Years: 1942 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Olympic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: TR-0.02 OZ/TON AU, 0.90-8.91% ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 166, 225, AND 200 FT LONG.
Comment (Location): ON COWEN CREEK
Comment (Deposit): TWO 6-IN.-WIDE VEINS AND A 36-IN.-WIDE VEIN REPORTED.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE PROBABLY CRESCENT FORMATION IN ACCRETED TERRANE
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVINTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 360
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