Apex

The Apex is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in King county, Washington.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Apex

State:  Washington

County:  King

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead

Lat, Long: 47.695, -121.51222

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Apex MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Apex
Secondary: Bondholders Syndicate
Secondary: Apex Gold
Secondary: National Gold;


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River - Money Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE APEX MINE OCCURS IN ROCKS OF THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH, NORTHERN PHASE, WHICH CONSISTS OF GRANODIORITE AND TONALITE AND IS LIGHT COLORED, MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE, AND MOSTLY EQUIGRANULAR AND HAS HYPIDIOMORPHIC TEXTURE. THE ROCKS ARE COARSELY JOINTED AND CONTAIN BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE AND LOCALLY CLINOPYROXENE. AGE OF THE NORTHERN PHASE IS ABOUT 25 M.Y. BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF NUMEROUS DISCORDANT K-AR AGES OF BOTH HORNBLENDE AND BIOTITE (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, P. 8). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED 300 TONS WORTH $80,000 PRIOR TO 1901. ALSO PRODUCED ORE WORTH A TOTAL OF $300,000 FROM MINING IN 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1916-1920, 1926, 1928, AND 1936-1943 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 126). PRODUCTION FROM 1905 TO 1940 WAS VALUED AT $220,000 (MOEN, 1976, P. 166). SHIPMENTS IN 1921 AVERAGED BETWEEN 21% AND 26% AS, 18 AND 20 OZ/TON AG, 1.5 AND 2.5 OZ/TON AU, AND 4.5 AND 6% PB (LIVINGSTON, 1971, P. 163).

Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF MONEY CREEK


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, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188P.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE APEX GOLD MINE, MONEY CREEK, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 48 P., 2 PL.


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