Calumet Claim

The Calumet Claim is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 4,800 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: Calumet Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan 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 Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Suntan Basin Mining Co.
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Robert Curtiss
Home Office: Monroe, Wa.
Years: 1951 -

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TR-1.03 OZ/TON AU, 0.56-5.33 OZ/TON AG, 0.48-6.5% CU, 0.1-4.85% ZN

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN 6-24 IN. WIDE IN A FRACTURE ZONE

Comment (Workings): ADIT AND 9 OPEN CUTS

Comment (Deposit): CLAIM IS PART OF SULTAN BASIN MINING CO. PROPERTIES. SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M025753, M060138

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. 157.

Reference (Deposit): CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 62-68.

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.

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