Rainy Mine

The Rainy Mine is a gold mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 2,999 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: Rainy Mine
Secondary: Ben Lomond

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

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

Production

Year: 1915
Time Period: 1913-1915
Material type: ?
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.638 Oz/Ton Au, 2.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 19.6% As

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (FROM COMPANY DATA)

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED.

Comment (Workings): ADIT, FLOODED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS OF DRIFTS

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS. MAIN ORE BODY 300 FT IN DIAMETER AND AS THICK AS 5 FT

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

References

Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND OTHERS, DERKEY AND OTHERS

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON AND OTHERS

Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942. INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 21-22.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

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. 361.

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, 28.

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. 163

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