The Sultan King Prospect is a copper mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 4,150 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.95194, -121.46917
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Sultan King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sultan King Prospect
Secondary: Sultan Queen
Secondary: Hicks
Secondary: Sultan
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan 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: At Least Partly In Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sultan King Mining Co.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa
Info Year: 1990
Years: 1936 - 1943
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG 2.2% CU. WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 56 ASSAYS GAVE 0.93-2.73% CU. DRILL INTERCEPTS ON BRECCIA PIPE HAD MAXIMUM VALUES OF 0.31% CU, 0.002 OZ/TON AU, 0.16 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS; ALSO, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W002702 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF SULTAN BASIN
Comment (Production): 24 TONS WORTH $42/TON REPORTEDLY PRODUCED IN 1920
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FALUT ZONE NEAR CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. D.P. COX THINKS THIS IS POSSIBLY A PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT. DERKEY INDICATES A BRECCIA PIPE JUST NORTH OF THE VEINS WHICH IS 1200 X 700 IN PLAN VIEW. THE BRECCIA PIPE CONTAINS PYRITE, HEMATITE, TOURMALINE, AND CHALCOPYRITE
Comment (Geology): REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED BY CASCADE VOLCANISM
References
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GRANT, 1976
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. 90-91.
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 298-299.
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SRVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST ERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 39.
Reference (Deposit): COX, D.P., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
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. 364.
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