Lennox

The Lennox is a gold mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 2,349 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: Lennox  

State:  Washington

County:  King

Elevation: 2,349 Feet (716 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 47.6525, -121.57333

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Lennox MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lennox
Secondary: Lenox Group


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic


Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Prospectors Ridge Area


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.
Administrative Organization: In Snoqualmie National Forest Adjacent To Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Lennox Mining And Development Co.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1949 -

Owner Name: Joel Ray
Years: 1991 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ONE-TON LOT OF PICKED ORE (1938) SHOWED: 1.14 OZ/TON AU, 10.42 OZ/TON AG, 1.5% CU, 1.2% PB, 8.3% ZN, 6.18% AS, 0.67% SB. 8 SAMPLES (1947) YIELDED $7.50-63.91/TON IN TOTAL METALS. SEVERAL ALANYSES IN GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975, WITH MAXIMUMS OF 0.39 OZ/TON AU, 43.8 OZ/TON AG, 2.2% CU


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): MINE DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE IN 1991

Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONES OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL HUNDRED SQUARE FEET

Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PITS

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

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S


References

Reference (Production): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 77-79.

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. 128.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 161.


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