Damon and Pythias

The Damon and Pythias is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 3,159 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Damon and Pythias
Secondary: Damon
Secondary: Pythias

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River District (Money Creek)

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 Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cleopatra Mines, Inc.
Years: 1971 -

Production

Year: 1940
Time Period: Pre 1940
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.87 Oz/Ton Au, 9 Oz/Ton Ag, 4% Pb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 0.87 OZ/TON AU, 9 OZ/TON AG, 4% PB. ORE AVERAGES 0.245 OZ/TON AU, 2.2 OZ/TON AG, 7.86% AS (MOEN)

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT AND DRIFTS, PITS

Comment (Location): IN SOUTH FORK TOLT WATERSHED (CITY OF SEATTLE). AT HEAD OF SOUTH FORK TOLT RIVER

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PARAMARGINAL RESOURCES

Comment (Production): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS INDICATE 33 TONS SHIPPED

Comment (Deposit): 2 QUARTZ VEINS

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

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. 114.

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. 127.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 167.

Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 100-103.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 147.

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

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