Silver Tip Claims

The Silver Tip Claims is a gold, zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 5,400 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

Name: Silver Tip Claims  

State:  Washington

County:  Skagit

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 48.51611, -121.01028

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Silver Tip Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Silver Tip Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Thunder Creek 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Tip Mining Co.
Years: 1941 -


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: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE ACROSS 12-16 IN. OF ORE ASSAYED 20.5% PB, 6.6% ZN, 19.9 OZ/TON AG, $0.20/TON AU


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Deposit): REPORTEDLY A 3-4 FT VEIN CONTAINING 1-2 FT OF ORE. OTHER VEINS ALSO REPORTED

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, SHORT ADITS, 40 FT SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS: IMPERIAL ENGLISH NO. 3, LIBERTY, LAKEVIEW; ALSO 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND 2 MILLSITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ACROSS THUNDER CREEK FROM THE SKAGIT QUEEN PROPERTY (M700378)


References

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).

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. 232.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 163.


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