Friend

The Friend is a lead and silver mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,599 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: Friend  

State:  Washington

County:  Skagit

Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 48.49028, -121.07889

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Friend MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Friend


Commodity

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


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: Behrens, Adolph And Sons Estate


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 IN SHEAR ZONE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Tight Folds 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: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN BOSTON BASIN


References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

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. 315.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 160-161.


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