Golden Eagle Prospect

The Golden Eagle Prospect is a silver, gold, and molybdenum mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 3,199 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: Golden Eagle Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan Basin 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: Partly Within Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Washington Molybdenum Co.
Home Office: Seattle, WA
Years: 1943 -

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: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOUGE ZONE 6-30IN. THICK AND NARROW MINERALIZED FRACTURES. ALSO A 3 FT WIDE PEGMATITE LENS. FRACTURE ZONE STRIKES N81E, DIPS 80SE

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, PITS

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D000691 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Location): NEAR HEAD SOUTH FORK SULTAN RIVER

References

Reference (Deposit): CARITHERS, WARD, AND GURAD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 75.

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): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 272.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, P. 64-65.

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