Maybee Mine

The Maybee Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 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

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Site Name

Primary: Maybee Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal District

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: State Of Washington
Home Office: Washington

Owner Name: W. C. Daly, Portland, Oreg.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation In Ven. Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized

Rocks

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

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

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: SORTED ORE REPORTED TO BE 1% CU:1 OZ/TON AG AND 1% CU:1.5% ZN. SELECT FRAGMENTS OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ FROM ONE DUMP ASSAYED 3.10% CU, 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 5.54 OZ/TON AG. SELECT SAMPLES FROM THE OPPOSITE DUMP ASSAYED 1.3% CU, TR AU, 2.58 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPEED FROM 1902-1922 BY WASHOUGAL GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO. PROPERTY HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE THE 1930'S

Comment (Location): NEAR HEADWATERS OF SHIRT CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO WASHOUGAL RIVER. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS S/2 NW/4 SEC. 14.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VEINS ON THE PROPERTY ARE POORLY MINERALIZED AND UNPROFITABLE TO MINE.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL FRACTURE ZONES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF CREEK, CONTAIN QUARTZ CHIMNEYS AND VEINS WITH SPOTTY MINERALIZATION.

Comment (Workings): 3,000 FT ADIT, 1,000 FT INCLINED SHAFT, ADIT. WORKINGS ARE CAVED

Comment (Production): 6 OR MORE WAGON LOADS OF MILL CONCENTRATES WERE SHIPPED IN 1917

References

Reference (Production): HUNTTING (1956)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOEN, 1977

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.

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. 43, 58-59.

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. 77.

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