The Kangaroo Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 46.28833, -122.09111
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Kangaroo Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kangaroo Group
Secondary: Claims: Kangaroo Nos. 1-5 Lodes
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Spirit Lake 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: May Be Partly In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BEDROCK CONCEALED BY PUMICE AND PUMICITE IN 1977; PROBABLY ALSO THIN LAYER OF ASH FROM 1980 ERUPTION. FRACTURE ZONE 15-24 IN. THICK CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF CALCITE AND MINOR QUARTZ WITH AN OUTER FRINGE OF IRON OXIDE AND GOUGE. VEIN APPEARS MOSTLY BARREN BUT CONTAINS SPARSE MINERALIZATION
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1 MI FROM SPIRIT LAKE PLUTON. OTHER SMALL INTRUSIONS, PROBABLY RELATED TO FLOWS IN AREA, ARE NEARBY
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP, MAP OF CLAIMS AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): FOLLOWS A STRETCH OF BEAN CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS
References
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 INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 34-35, 39-40
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