Guye

The Guye is a iron, lead, zinc, silver, and gold mine located in King county, Washington.

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: Guye
Secondary: Mt. Logan
Secondary: Summit;

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Snoqualmie

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
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

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Deposit): AT THE GUYE MINE, LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE GUYE SEDIMENTARY MEMBER OF THE NACHES FORMATION (FRIZZELL AND OTHERS, 1984, GEOL. MAP) WAS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE OF THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH (SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922, P. 90-92). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF SNOQUALMIE PASS

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: DEPOSIT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 196).

References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

Reference (Deposit): GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.

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): SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTIC FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.

Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.

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