Chicago Claims

The Chicago Claims is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 6,001 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: Chicago Claims

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Cascade District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Gilbert, Landry, Landers And Co.
Years: 1892 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: R
Description: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS: CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, NEW YORK, BUFFALO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): 6-9 FT QUARTZ VEIN IN GNEISSIC DIORITE.

Comment (Deposit): WESTERN EXTENSION OF BOSTON CLAIM (M700366).

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. 231.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

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