Ala-Dickson Claims

The Ala-Dickson Claims is a gold, silver, and copper 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

Name: Ala-Dickson Claims  

State:  Washington

County:  Snohomish

Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 48.01917, -121.56333

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Ala-Dickson Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ala-Dickson Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead


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: Partly In Snoqualmie National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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: VEINS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc


Comments

Comment (Geology): DIKE IS PROBABLY RELATED TO BATHOLITHIC ROCKS

Comment (Deposit): ORE CONSISTS OF 4 PARALLEL ZONES 2-3 FT WIDE OVER A 90 FT WIDTH OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ CARBONATE VEINS


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY IF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 79.

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. 50-51.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.


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