The Fidalgo Island is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 400 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: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.46056, -122.63222
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Fidalgo Island MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fidalgo Island
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gibbons, Lester E.
Home Office: Anacortes, Wa
Years: 1940 -
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: Puget Trough
Physiographic Detail: Pacific Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $20/TON (IN ALL VALUES?)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR MT. ERIE PARK.
Comment (Deposit): 4-FT-WIDE VEIN. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFROMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE. HOST ROCKS PRESUMED TO BE PART OF ACCRETED TERRANE
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. 76
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