The Zinc Creek Prospect is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,417 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
Elevation: 1,417 Feet (432 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 45.74583, -122.13306
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Zinc Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zinc Creek Prospect
Secondary: Gold Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal District
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: Weyerhaeuser Co.
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Lessees G. A. John, Axel Bloomquist, Fred Mckay, Vancouver, Wash.
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 5% ZN AND LESS THAN 2% GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE. AU AND AG REPORTED IN ASSAYS.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONES AVERAGE 3 FT THICK BUT MAY BE 10 FT THICK LOCALLY. SEVERAL OF THE FRACTURES HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED. MAIN MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE IS ON SOUTHWEST BANK OF GOLD RUN CREEK ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO CREEK. PARTS OF FRACTURE ZONE ARE SILICIFIED. ORE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN VEIN AND MAY BE SPOTTY AND SPARSE
Comment (Workings): 120 FT ADIT, SHAFTS, TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON GOLD RUN CREEK, A MINOR TRIBUTARY TO THE WASHOUGAL RIVER
References
Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVNETORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 373.
Reference (Analytical Data): ANDESITE, VOLCANIC BRECCIA
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 59.
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