The Guye is a iron, lead, zinc, silver, and gold 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Snoqualmie
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: Contact Metamorphic
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: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AT THE GUYE MINE, LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE GUYE SEDIMENTARY MEMBER OF THE NACHES FORMATION (FRIZZELL AND OTHERS, 1984, GEOL. MAP) WAS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE OF THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH (SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922, P. 90-92). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF SNOQUALMIE PASS
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: DEPOSIT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 196).
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
Reference (Deposit): GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.
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): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTIC FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.
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