The Damon and Pythias is a gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in King county, Washington.
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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:
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.69833, -121.52611
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Damon and Pythias MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Damon and Pythias
Secondary: Damon
Secondary: Pythias
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
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: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF MONEY CREEK
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SHIPPED 23 TONS PRIOR TO 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 127). ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 0.87% OZ/TON AU, 9 OZ/TON AG, AND 4% PB (MOEN, 1976, P. 167).
Comment (Geology): THE DAMON AND PYTHIAS MINES ARE 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).
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE APEX PROPERTY. COATS (1932, P. 17-19) DESCRIBES THE GEOLOGY OF THE VEINS IN BOTH MINES. BECAUSE THE MINES WERE OPERATED BY THE SAME COMPANY AT THE TIME OF COATS' STUDY, SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE DAMON MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE APEX PRODUCTION FIGURES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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.
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, 188 P.
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.
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