Carbon River

The Carbon River is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Pierce county, Washington at an elevation of 5,299 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: Carbon River

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Pierce

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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 Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mark Wagner
Years: 1990 -

Owner Name: Nerco Minerals Co.
Years: 1990 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: UNKNOWN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Development): NERCO RETURNED PROPERTY TO OWNER AFTER DRILLING NINE HOLES TOTALLING MORE THAN 2800 FT. THERE WERE SAID TO BE SOME ENCOURAGING RESULTS

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. THERE ARE TWO MINERALIZED OUTCROPS 3000 FT APART. DEPOSIT IS ON PERIPHERY OF A GOLD-COPPER-TOURMALINE BEARING BRECCIA PIPE AT CONTACT OF CARBON RIVER STOCK AND ANDESITE

Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS?

Comment (Geology): WESTERN FACIES OF THE FIFES PEAK FORMATION INCLUDES BASALTIC ANDESITE, BASALT AND LESSER ANDESITE BRECCIA, ANDESITE TUFF, VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND CRYSTAL-LITHIC TUFF. PROPERTY LIES NEAR CONTACT OF FIFES PEAK FORMATION AND CARBON RIVER STOCK. WITHOUT MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS IT NOT KNOWN WHICH OF THESE ROCK TYPES MAY BE THE HOST ROCK.

Comment (Location): VARIOUS PROSPECT AREAS.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN. ASSOCIATED GRANITIC INTRUSIVE(S).

References

Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.

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

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