Silver Fiend

The Silver Fiend is a copper, gold, silver, and lead mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,600 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

Name: Silver Fiend  

State:  Washington

County:  Chelan

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 47.51028, -120.98611

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Silver Fiend MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Fiend


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony


Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Leavenworth District


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.
Administrative Organization: In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: James Grieve
Years: 1897 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: VEIN


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK. GROUP COMPRISES SEVERAL CLAIMS AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK, OF WHICH THIS IS ONE. IT'S LOCATION WITHIN THE GROUP IS UNCERTAIN.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Geology): INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN ACCRETED OPHIOLITE TERRANE

Comment (Deposit): LAT. AND LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): NOW PART OF SNOOK AND ELLEN. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001621


References

Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 96-98.

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. 207.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 157.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.


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