Richmond

The Richmond is a lead mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 4,600 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

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Site Name

Primary: Richmond

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Yakima

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 William O. Douglas Wilderness In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: G. V. Rankin, Frank Hardy, William Eamon, L. B. Bissell
Home Office: Yakima
Years: 1946 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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: DISSEMINATED IN VEINLETS AS STRINGERS AND BLEBS

Structure

Type: L
Description: N40w-Trending Shear Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 5 ASSAYS ON PICKED SAMPLES SHOW 22.5-248.0 OZ/TON AG, 0.02-5.02% PB, 0.08-1.08% ZN, 0.02-1.87% CU. A SELECTED SAMPLE CONTAINED 2.4 OZ/TON AG, 1.7% PB, 7.6% ZN, 0.5% CU. 3 CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.6% ZN, 0.17% PB, 0.17% CU

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA CEMENTED BY CALCITE AND ORE MINERALS WITHIN SHEAR ZONE. THE ORE MINERALS ARE FOUND IN SMALL LOCAL SHOOTS

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SHAFT, OPEN CUT

Comment (Geology): MOST OF AREA IS COVERED BY GLACIAL DEBRIS. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS MOST OF AREA UNDERLAIN BY OHANAPECOSH FORMATION

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SAMPLING INDICATES LOW-GRADE VALUES AT SURFACE EXPOSURES. VALUES AT DEPTH OR ALONG SURFACE EXTENSIONS BENEATH GLACIAL MATERIAL IS NOT KNOWN

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON MARTHA CREEK NEAR HEADWATERS OF RATTLESNAKE CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): CLAIMS ARE IN YAKIMA WATERSHED, WHERE MINING HAS BEEN CURTAILED

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

References

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. 250.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 176.

Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 55.

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