Bronze Monarch Mine

The Bronze Monarch Mine is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,970 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Bronze Monarch Mine
Secondary: Martha Washington Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Monument
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 Mount St. Helens National Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1907 - 1926

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: Miocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SAID TO AVERAGE $28/TON IN CU+AU+AG.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINS THE SWEDEN PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 36.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LANDES, 1902

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED QUARTZ CEMENTS BRECCIA IN FAULT ZONE 3 FT THICK. VEIN APPEARS TO BE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF THE NORWAY-SWEDEN VEIN.

Comment (Workings): ADIT

Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977), P. 17. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 133.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 77.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INF. CIRC. 60, P. 17, 38.

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