The Protection is a copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.52139, -120.99139
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Protection MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Protection
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Thunder Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Protection Mining Co.
Years: 1940 -
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 IN SHEAR ZONE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Tight Folding Along N-Nw Trending Axes
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. 0.25 MILE OR LESS WEST OF THE THUNDER CREEK MINE CABIN.
Comment (Deposit): 6 IN. MINERALIZED FAULT ZONE (VERY RICH) IN DIORITE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY PROJECTED FROM TABOR AND OTHERS
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. 232.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).
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