The Queen and Buchanan is a lead and copper mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,901 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.47444, -121.06944
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Queen and Buchanan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Queen and Buchanan
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade District
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 North Cascades National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Buchanan, Robert
Home Office: Rockport, Wa.
Years: 1951 -
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: LENS IN SHEAR ZONE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration Of Sheared Hornblendite.
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. SOUTHWEST SIDE OF CASCADE RIVER
Comment (Deposit): 3 FT WIDE HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED SHEAR ZONE IN 40 FT WIDE HORNBENDITE DIKE. SULFIDES IN 3-6 IN. WIDE ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 80 FT ADIT
Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS: QUEEN AND BUCHANAN. ; 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. 76.
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.
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