The Pride of the Mountains Mine is a zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 47.98167, -121.35583
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Pride of the Mountains Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pride of the Mountains Mine
Secondary: Monte Cristo
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo 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 National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. S. Ofstie
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tonalite Is Sheared And Bleached
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MANY SAMPLES ANALYZED BY JOHNSON AND OTHERS. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.874 OZ/TON AU, 48.8 OZ/TON AG, 15% CU, 30% PB, 16% ZN, 38% AS
Materials
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK) LOWER BLOCK CONTAINS 11,000,000 INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES PRESUMABLY AT SAME GRADES
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE
Comment (Workings): 3 MAIN LEVELS CONNECTED BY STOPES, RAISES, AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS. ALSO 2 ADITS, 3 OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL PITS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00153
References
Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND OTHERS
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. 359.
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. 162.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 6, 27.
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