Plamondon Prospect

The Plamondon Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Plamondon Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Plamondon Brothers Mining Co
Years: 1956 -

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: Epithermal vein, Sado

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tuff Is Iron Stained

Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AS HIGH AS $68/TON REPORTED

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CONSISTED OF 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1943 AND OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON NORTH SIDE OF QUARTZ CREEK. VERY APPROXIMATE LOCATION, 3.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM END OF ROAD

Comment (Development): OWNED JOINTLY WITH PLAMONDON INDIAN MINES, INC., 1940-1944

Comment (Deposit): CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN IRON-STAINED TUFF IS REPORTEDLY MINERALIZED

Comment (Workings): SHORT ADIT, OPEN CUT

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. 155

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