The Epoch Claim is a lead and silver 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: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.44667, -121.09889
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Epoch Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Epoch Claim
Secondary: Spaulding-Silver Queen Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade District
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: Natural Resources Development Corp. Bellevue, Wa.
Years: 1969 -
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 38-45% PB, 39-102 OZ/TON AG, TRACE OF AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON MIDDLE FORK OF CASCADE RIVER 2.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM MINERAL PARK
Comment (Deposit): SAID TO BE A 3 FT VEIN OF SOLID GALENA ORE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION IN 1969-70.
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): MOEN, W.S., 1971, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS 1969-1970: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 46, P. 20.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 231.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 162.
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