Lakeside Claims

The Lakeside Claims is a gold, zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 5,000 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: Lakeside Claims

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Thunder Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Trail Mining Co.
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: VEINS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A TYPICAL MINERAL ANALYSIS IS SAID TO SHOW: 23.66% GALENA, 16.32% SPHALERITE, 28.14% PYRITE, 2.58% CHALCOPYRITE, 51.96 OZ/TON AG, 0.18 OZ/TON AU. AVERAGE ASSAY: $36/TON AU, $20/TON AG.

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Workings): UNKNOWN WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): MANY CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): SAID TO BE 10 VEINS OF VARYING SIZE IN GRANITE AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY PROJECTED FROM TABOR AND OTHERS. GEOLOGIC AFFINITY OF GRANITE UNKNOWN

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SIDE OF SILVER BASIN ON SOUTH FORK THUNDER CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HARGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN -FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 89-90.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MNERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 232.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 162.

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