The Stephens is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 400 Feet (122 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.49528, -122.64667
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Stephens MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stephens
Secondary: Fidalgo
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brown Brothers Timber Co. And James Stephens, Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Physiographic Detail: Pacific Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHIPMENT RAN 2% CU WITH A LITTLE AU AND AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Serpentine
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Location): BY CRANBERRY LAKE.
Comment (Production): ONE SHIPMENT TO TACOMA SMELTER OF UNKNOWN SIZE ON UNKNOWN DATE.
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE IS SERPENTINIZED AND WEAKLY MINERALIZED
Comment (Workings): 5 SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): FIDALGO COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE. GRANODIORITE MAY BE PART OF COMPLEX OR PART OF A LATER MAGMATIC EVENT. RELATION TO ORE IS NOT KNOWN
References
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): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 334.
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