New Discovery Mine

The New Discovery Mine is a gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 4,600 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: New Discovery Mine  

State:  Washington

County:  Snohomish

Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 47.98028, -121.35833

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New Discovery Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: New Discovery Mine


Commodity

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


Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo District


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 Mount Baker National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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: VEINS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tonalite Is Sheared And Bleached


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: MANY SAMPLES ANALYZED BY JOHNSON AND OTHERS. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.836 OZ/TON AU, 17.1 OZ/TON AG, 2% CU, 15% PB, 25.9% ZN, 31.9% AS, 2% SB


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE ZONE

Comment (Workings): THREE MAIN LEVELS CONNECTED BY STOPES AND RAISES. LOWEST LEVEL CONNECTS TO MYSTERY MINE

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK). LOWER BLOCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1,900,000 TONS INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES PRESUMABLY AT SAME GRADES


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 5, 26.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Production): JOHNSON AND OTHERS


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