The Sultan is a uranium mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 801 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
Elevation: 801 Feet (244 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 47.835, -121.91528
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Sultan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sultan
Secondary: Dewey
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan District
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: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL MRDS RECORD GIVES NO REFERENCE FOR SOURCE OF INFORMATION. DEWEY IS NOT FOUND IN HUNTTING (1956), BUT BROUGHTON (1942) LISTS AN UNNAMED URANIUM PROSPECT LOCATED 5 MI WEST OF SULTAN, WHICH MAY BE THE CLAIM INDICATED BY WEEKS. HOWEVER, THIS UNNAMED CLAIM IS FARTHER EAST THAN WEEKS INDICATED. RECORD HAS BEEN UPDATED AS IF THE DEWEY CLAIM WERE INDEED THE UNNAMED URANIUM PROSPECT LISTED IN BROUGHTON. ; INFO.SRC : UNK
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL WEEKS RECORD USED DEWEY AS DEPOSIT NAME BUT THAT NAME WAS NOT USED IN THE REFERENCES
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SULTAN AND MONROE BUT THERE IS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO LOCATE. LOCATION INFORMATION GIVEN HERE IS BASED SOLELY ON THE ESTIMATED LOCATION USED FOR LAT/LONG
Comment (Deposit): THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IS BASED ON ESTIMATED LOCATION AND MAY NOT BE ACCURATE FOR ACTUAL LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND 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, SCALE 1:100,000.
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. 354.
Reference (Deposit): BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 50
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