The Michigan is a lead and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.43167, -121.11750
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Michigan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Michigan
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade 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 Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite Staining
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY GAVE NO SIGNIFICANT VALUES
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN LOCATION AMONG DIFFERENT REFERENCES; CHURCH AND OTHERS PRESUMED CORRECT
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. 315.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 160-161.
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-82, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A. SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): MISCH, PETER, 1966, TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON STATE, IN A SYMPOSIUM ON THE TECTONIC HISTORY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN CORDILLERA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND NEIGHBOURING PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES: CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY SPECIAL VOLUME 8, PL. 7-1.
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