Lawrence Claims

The Lawrence Claims is a copper mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.

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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

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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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