The Grand Central is a antimony and gold mine located in King county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Grand Central MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Central
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: 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: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF MONEY CREEK. A MORE EXACT LOCATION IS NOT AVAILABLE; HOWEVER, THE GRAND CENTRAL MAY BE PART OF A BLOCK OF PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE SW1/4 SW1/4 SEC. 29; SE1/4 SEC. 30; E1/2 SEC. 31; W1/2 SEC. 32.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1908 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 17).
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS IN ANDESITE OF THE SILVER PASS VOLCANIC MEMBER OF THE SWAUK FORMATION (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, GEOL. MAP, P. 13). IT IS ALSO AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN SHALES AND ANDESITE (SMITH, 1913, P. 32-33). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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): 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): SMITH, W.S., 1913, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-EASTERN KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: COLUMBIA UNIVERSTIY MASTER OF ARTS THESIS, 35 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W.S., 1915, PETROLOGY AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SKYKOMISH BASIN, WASHINGTON: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 36, NO. 2, P. 154-185.
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