Damon and Pythias

The Damon and Pythias is a gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in King county, Washington.

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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
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River/Money Creek

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE HEAD OF MONEY CREEK

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SHIPPED 23 TONS PRIOR TO 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 127). ORE SHIPPED AVERAGED 0.87% OZ/TON AU, 9 OZ/TON AG, AND 4% PB (MOEN, 1976, P. 167).

Comment (Geology): THE DAMON AND PYTHIAS MINES ARE IN ROCKS OF THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH, NORTHERN PHASE, WHICH CONSISTS OF GRANODIORITE AND TONALITE AND IS LIGHT COLORED, MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE, AND MOSTLY EQUIGRANULAR AND HAS HYPIDIOMORPHIC TEXTURE. THE ROCKS ARE COARSELY JOINTED AND CONTAIN BIOTITE AND HORNBLENDE AND LOCALLY CLINOPYROXENE. AGE OF THE NORTHERN PHASE IS ABOUT 25 M.Y. BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF NUMEROUS DISCORDANT K-AR AGES OF BOTH HORNBLENDE AND BIOTITE (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, P. 8).

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE APEX PROPERTY. COATS (1932, P. 17-19) DESCRIBES THE GEOLOGY OF THE VEINS IN BOTH MINES. BECAUSE THE MINES WERE OPERATED BY THE SAME COMPANY AT THE TIME OF COATS' STUDY, SOME PRODUCTION FROM THE DAMON MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE APEX PRODUCTION FIGURES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): COATS, R.R., 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE APEX GOLD MINE, MONEY CREEK, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 48 P., 2 PL.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; 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, 31 P., 1 PL.

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