The Stenmo is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.49972, -120.96306
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Stenmo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stenmo
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Thunder Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Stenmo, John
Home Office: Seattle, Wa
Years: 1934 -
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: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. AT PARK CREEK PASS, AT HEAD OF THUNDER CREEK
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 2-4 FT WIDE IN GRANITE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): Original coordinates 48-29-58N 120-57-44W fall into Chelan county. Political location is Skagit county. Reporter says 1.7mi NE of Booker Mtn., next to Wyeth Glacier, at Park Creek Pass, head of Thunder Creek, just over the county line (which direction?). In order to fall in Skagit county it must be 1.8 mi away. Possible duplicate record 10131798 does plot in Skagit county by 80 meters but is quite a ways from Park Creek Pass. So the original lat/long was moved a few seconds closer to the head of Thunder Creek to fall in Skagit county. Did not change UTM or PLSS.
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. 232
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