Esther and Louisa Mine

The Esther and Louisa Mine is a silver mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 4,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Esther and Louisa Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Gold Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Esther Gold And Silver Mining Co.
Years: 1915 -

Production

Not available

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, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BEST ORE RAN 240 OZ/TON AG, $10 AU. ONE SAMPLE FROM GUALTIERI AND OTHERS YIELDED NO AU, 0.2 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF CIRQUE AT HEAD OF GOLD CREEK

Comment (Deposit): VEIN OCCURS NEAR A WIDE GRANODIORITE DIKE

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Geology): DIKE IS PROBABLY PART OF NEARBY SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH

References

Reference (Production): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1973

Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, PLATE 1.

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. 298.

Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WAHSINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 54, 70.

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. 130.

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