The Mount Vernon is a nickel and gold mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Nickel, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.36889, -122.29167
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Mount Vernon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Vernon
Secondary: Devils Mountain
Secondary: Pacific
Commodity
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Nickel Co.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Devils Mountain Fault Zone Near Crest Of Devils Mountain Anticline
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone; Ore Body Lies On South Limb Of Large Anticlinal Fold
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Sulfides Producing Much Limonite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 157 ASSAYS OF DRILL CORE AVERAGE 0.0195 OZ/TON AU, 0.251% NI. WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 74 TRENCH SAMPLES: 0.293% NI. SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIA SAMPLES AVERAGE MORE THAN 0.2% NI AND ABOUT 0.02 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Bravoite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1910S
Comment (Workings): 300 FT OF ADITS, 600 FT OF TRENCHES (FOR SAMPLING PURPOSES). AREA GIVEN IS PROPERTY SIZE, NOT WORKINGS SIZE
Comment (Geology): HAYSTACK TERRANE IS AN ACCRETED TERRANE
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORDS US53002, W001173 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Location): ALONG CREST OF DEVILS AND SCOTT MOUNTAINS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXPOSURES INDICATE AT LEAST 15 MILLION TONS NAD POSSIBLE AS MUCH AS 50 MILLION TONS OF SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIA AT TENORS SHOWN ABOVE.
Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENTS ONLY
Comment (Development): 6,375 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING.
Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE FOR 2-MI-LONG SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK WITH A CENTRAL CORE OF SULFIDE-BEARING BRECCIA. SULFIDES ARE MOSTLY DISSEMINATED IN BRECCIA BUT MINUTE VEINLETS ARE PRESENT LOCALLY. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
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. 278.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1955, GOLD IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 42, P. 87.
Reference (Deposit): HOBBS, S.W., AND PECORA, W.T., 1941, NICKEL-GOLD DEPOSIT NEAR MOUNT VERNON, SKAGIT COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-D, P. 57-78.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 332.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HOBBS AND PECORA, 1941
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