The Sampson is a mine located in Skamania county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Sampson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sampson
Secondary: Earl
Secondary: Margaret Mine Project
Secondary: Spirit Lake
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Mount St. Helens
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: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mt. St. Helens Consolidated Mining,As Of 1926
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: breccia pipes
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: propylitic
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: argillic
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Quartz sericitic
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: silicic
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): NOTE: SITE MAY BE BURIED UNDER DEBRIS FROM THE MAY 18, 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS.
Comment (Location): See fig. 11 in Moen (1977, p. 20) for locations of the 13 patented claims that comprise the Earl Group (also known as Sampson).
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5343, 1957, 16 P.
Reference (Deposit): Moen, W.S., 1977, St. Helens and Washougal Mining Districts of the sourthern Cascades of Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources INFO. CIRC. 60, 1977, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): WAS. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 48, 1973, P. 15.
Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN, C. T., 1970, GEOLOGY OF THE MT. MARGARET-GREEN RIVER AREA, WASHINGTON: M.S. THESIS, MIAMI UNIV., OXFORD, OH.
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