The Guye is a iron mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 47.44583, -121.42000
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Guye MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Guye
Secondary: Mt. Logan
Secondary: Summit
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Snoqualmie 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 Snoqualmie National Forest Just Outside Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. F. Hubbart, Auburn
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Recrystallization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO ASSAYS: 59.94, 64.31% FE, 2.0, 2.64% AL2O3, 4.07, 6.71% SIO2, 0.32, 0.93% CAO, 0.37, 0.39% MGO, 0.019, 0.02% P, 0.013, 0.016% S, 0.11, 0.24% TIO2, 0.39, 0.58% MN (HUNTTING)
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Sphene
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN SNOQUALMIE SUMMIT SKI AREA
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THERE MAY BE AS MUCH AS 200,000 TONE OR IRON-RICH ROCK
Comment (Development): EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ON PROPERTY REPORTEDLY CONTAINS GALENA, SPHALERITE. MAIN MINERALIZATION OF GARNET AND MAGNETITE IS IN RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE
Comment (Workings): ADIT, 4-5 OPEN CUTS AND PITS
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. 118.
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. 196.
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND DITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPNE-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 53.
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. 129.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): HUNTTING, 1956
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