The Lawrence Claims is a copper mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.31472, -121.78944
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Lawrence Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lawrence Claims
Secondary: Higgins Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
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 Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. J. Lee,
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS IN FRACTURE ZONE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH SLOPE HIGGINS MOUNTAIN; 1 MI WEST OF HAZEL, THEN BY TRAIL FROM DARRINGTON HIGHWAY.
Comment (Deposit): 3 MINERALIZED QUARTZ STRINGERS 0.5-9 IN. WIDE IN 3 FT WIDE FRACTURE ZONE
Comment (Workings): REPORTEDLY AN ADIT
Comment (Geology): GRANODIORITE IS A 50 FT WIDE DIKE CUTTING SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WITHIN THE BARLOW PASS VOLCANICS
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS: NUGGET NOS. 1 AND 2. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001704 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.
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. 76
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 168.
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