The Little Chief is a copper mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.0333, -121.54690
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Little Chief MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Chief
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
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.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Stilaguamish And Sultan Mining Co.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1918
Owner Name: Sykes Estate, Cont. Illinois Nat'L Bank And Trust Co
Info Year: 1943
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY: 7 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 2 MILLSITES. LOCATION: NEAR WILLIAMSON CREEK TRAIL, 4.5 MILES FROM SULTAN BASIN ROAD. ORE MINERALS: CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, ARSENDPYRITE, COPPER CARBONATE. GANGUE: QUARTZ, CALCITE, AMPHIBOLE. DEPOSIT: QUARTZ 2 TO 5 INCHES WIDE ALONG FRACTURE ZONES IN QUARTZITE AND CONGLOMERATE. DEVELOPMENT: TWO ADITS, ONE OF THEM IS 410 FT LONG, THE OTHER ONE IS 145 FT LONG.
References
Reference (Deposit): WA DIV MINES AND GEOL BULL 36, PP 49-50, 1945.
Reference (Deposit): OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON:
Reference (Deposit): PP 48-49
Reference (Deposit): CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS
Reference (Deposit): SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WA DIV GEOL RPT INV 6
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A. 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR,
Reference (Deposit): SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, P 23.
Reference (Deposit): HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST:
Reference (Deposit): MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0530610003
Reference (Deposit): IRON: WA GEOL SURV ANNUAL RPT FOR 1901, PT 2, P 68.
Reference (Deposit): REPORT, 1892, P167.
Reference (Deposit): 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT
Reference (Deposit): MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON: WA GEOL SURVEY, 2D ANNUAL
Reference (Deposit): WA STATE BULL 37, PART 2, VOL 1, METALLIC MINERALS, P 87.
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