Snook & Ellen Prospects

The Snook & Ellen Prospects is a lead, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 5,400 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: Snook & Ellen Prospects  

State:  Washington

County:  Chelan

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc

Lat, Long: 47.51194, -120.98306

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Snook & Ellen Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Snook & Ellen Prospects
Secondary: Van Epps
Secondary: King Solomon


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Nickel
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: B. F. Harrison
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1949 -


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

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 0.22, 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 0.58, 0 OZ/TON AG


Materials

Ore: Millerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Dolomite


Comments

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

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS D001618, D001616, D001612

Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF SOLOMON CREEK ON WEST END OF SOLOMON MOUNTAIN

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN AT DIORITE-SERPENTINE CONTACT. DEPOSIT IS POSSIBLY A MAGMATIC SULFIDE CONTAINING NI THAT HAS BEEN OVERPRINTED BY POLYMETALLIC VEINS

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, CROSSCUT, OPEN CUT


References

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.

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): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 62-66.

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. 16.


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