Gold Mountain

The Gold Mountain is a copper mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 1,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Mountain
Secondary: Darrington

Commodity

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

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.
Administrative Organization: In Mount Baker National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

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: Porphyry Cu

Orebody

Form: STOCKWORK VEINLETS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Potassic, Argillic, Propylitic

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: $18-32/TON CU
Analytical Data: TR-18 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: $18-36/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): HOLLISTER (1979) ESTIMATES 44 MILLION TONS AT 0.5% CU ARE PRESENT

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF SAUK RIVER OPPOSITE MOUTH OF CLEAR CREEK

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS. DIMENSIONS ARE OF MAIN VEIN. THERE ARE 2 SMALLER VEINS

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

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT, DRIFT, ADIT

References

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 169.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 84.

Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 8.

Reference (Deposit): HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PROPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, P. 34.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

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