Primary Gold Mine

The Primary Gold Mine is a gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington.

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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

Name: Primary Gold Mine  

State:  Washington

County:  Skamania

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 46.3625, -121.79361

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Primary Gold Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Primary Gold Mine
Secondary: Claims: Jim Nos. 1-6, 8
Secondary: Inez Nos. 1-4
Secondary: Eva Nos. 1, 2, 5
Secondary: Ialine
Secondary: O Bill
Secondary: Orell


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum


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: Primary Gold Co., Yakima, Wash.
Years: 1938 -


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: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: VEINS

Form: VEINS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAID TO RANGE FROM $2.10-1,500/TON.


Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): PRESENCE OF PGE NOT CONFIRMED BUT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ITS KNOWN PRESENCE IN OTHER PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. PYRITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. THIS PROPERTY IS NOW WITHIN THE CAMP CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT

Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comment (Deposit): 30 FT THICK LEDGE OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PYRITE IN QUARTZ GANGUE. THIS CARRIES ONLY TRACES OF GOLD, BUT NARROW STRINGERS OF FREE GOLD ARE PRESENT IN QUARTZ. THE TYPE OF LODE DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SOME PLACERING

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700162


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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