Justice Mine

The Justice Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Justice Mine
Secondary: Golden Chord

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo District

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: John Birney
Home Office: Everett, Wa.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tonalite Is Bleached

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: JOHNSON AND OHTERS ANALYZED MANY SAMPLES. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.32 OZ/TON AU, 34 OZ/TON AG, 6.4% CU, 21.7% PB, 18% ZN, 47.5% AS, 1.95% SB

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE.

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON AT LEAST THREE LEVELS

Comment (Geology): REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED WITH CASCADES MAGMATISM

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED AND INFERRED, SUBECONOMIC RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK). LOWER BLOCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 2,600,000 TONS OF INTERRED, SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES PRESUMABLY OF SAME GRADES.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF WILMONS PEAK. JOHNSON AND OTHERS SEPARATED JUSTICE AND GOLDEN CHORD PROPERTIES. THEY ARE COMBINED HERE

References

Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND OTHERS AND HUNTTING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON AND OTHERS

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 354.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 6, 29.

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. 161.

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