Sec. 36 Lease

The Sec. 36 Lease is a silver and gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,401 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Sec. 36 Lease

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Wenatchee District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hallauer, Wilbur
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: VEINS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults. District Is Dominated By Post Mineral Fold And Thrust Belt

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Probably Silicic

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Electrum
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS W700462, M060135

Comment (Development): GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION IN 1992

Comment (Deposit): GEOLOGY IS PRESUMED SIMILAR TO THAT AT NEARBY LOVITT MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25

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