The United Group is a silver, gold, and copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Copper
Lat, Long: 46.3025, -122.09139
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United Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: United Group
Secondary: Mount Fairy Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Mount Fairy Nos. 1-2, Mary Nos. 1-6 Lodes
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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 Volcanic Monumnet In Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6.0% CU, 0.21-0.63 OZ/TON AU, 1.1-4.3 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS EXTEND IN NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FROM NORTH SHORE OF META LAKE.
Comment (Development): ADITS WERE DRIVEN FROM 1904-1909 ALONG THE BANKS OF FLORENCE CREEK
Comment (Deposit): VEIN QUARTZ IS PRESENT IN A SERIES OF NORTHWEST-TRENDING MINERALIZED FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): 9 ADITS, 12-75 FT LONG, NOW MOSTLY CAVED
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 155.
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. 34, 39.
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