The Anderson is a iron mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 47.755, -121.50528
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Anderson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anderson
Secondary: Baring
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Theodore Anderson, Everett
Years: 1943 -
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: Skarn Fe
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR MASS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Contact Of Batholith With Sedimentary Rocks
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 35-60.7% FE, 9.51-10.2% SIO, 20.75% AL2O3, 4.53% CAO, 1.15% MGO, 0.65% P, 0.09%S, TR-0.94% TIO2
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ABOUT 2,000 TONS EXPOSED
Comment (Location): ADJACENT TO BUT NOT IN SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD REPORTEDLY SHIPPED
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT, 2 OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE PRESUMED TO BE A SMALL ROOF PENDANT IN THE BATHOLITH
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 105.
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. 196.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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