The Carmen Group is a silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 48.2783, -120.87920
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Carmen Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carmen Group
Secondary: Blankenship Group 1930-1946
Secondary: Weimar Group 1936
Secondary: Woodward Group 1939
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Stehekin
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Robert B. Wood
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1970
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Bornite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): JOB NO. 625.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. FOREST SERVICE REPORT OF MINERAL EXAMINATION, 1972,
Reference (Deposit): STUDY.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS
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