Silver Creek Gold & Lead

The Silver Creek Gold & Lead is a copper, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Pierce county, Washington at an elevation of 3,901 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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Creek Gold & Lead

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Pierce
District: Summit 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 Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Creek Gold And Lead Corp.
Home Office: Seattle, WA
Years: 1956 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NORTH OF THE SILVER CREEK PROPERTY ON SILVER CREEK

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED 1-4 FT WIDE FAULT ZONE CONSISTING OF LIMY GOUGE WITH BANDS OF QUARTZ THAT CONTAIN SULFIDES

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT, DRIFT

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. 328.

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956

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. 153.

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