The Cascade Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.4525, -121.17556
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Cascade Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cascade Claims
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
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-Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Messrs. Mcintosh And Daly
Years: 1892 -
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 32-37% PB, 48-51 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 FT VEIN WITH A 10 IN. PAYSTREAK.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT ADIT
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS: CASCADE, IRONCLAD, SILVER BUTTE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH FORK OF CASCADE RIVER
References
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): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 231.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 162.
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