The Coney Basin is a lead and silver mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 3,950 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: 3,950 Feet (1,204 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.65222, -121.46167
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Coney Basin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Coney Basin
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coney Basin Gold Mines, Inc.,
Years: 1952 -
Owner Name: John Whitham, Seattle
Years: 1952 -
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1895-1941
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.57 Oz/Ton Au, 13 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.43% Cu, 2.6% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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, STOCKWORK
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.22 OZ.TON AU, 4 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: MOST ASSAYS LOW GRADE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bournonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF CONEY BASIN
Comment (Deposit): VEINS PRESENT IN SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 40 TONS IN 1895. ALSO SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1934, 1937-1939, 1941.
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 113.
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 88-89.
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. 127.
Reference (Production): GUALTIERI
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