Sultan King Prospect

The Sultan King Prospect is a copper mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 4,150 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: Sultan King Prospect
Secondary: Sultan Queen
Secondary: Hicks
Secondary: Sultan

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Sultan District

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: At Least Partly In Snoqualmie National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sultan King Mining Co.
Home Office: Seattle, Wa
Info Year: 1990
Years: 1936 - 1943

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVG 2.2% CU. WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 56 ASSAYS GAVE 0.93-2.73% CU. DRILL INTERCEPTS ON BRECCIA PIPE HAD MAXIMUM VALUES OF 0.31% CU, 0.002 OZ/TON AU, 0.16 OZ/TON AG

Materials

Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): MAIN WORKINGS; ALSO, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W002702 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF SULTAN BASIN

Comment (Production): 24 TONS WORTH $42/TON REPORTEDLY PRODUCED IN 1920

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS ALONG FALUT ZONE NEAR CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. D.P. COX THINKS THIS IS POSSIBLY A PORPHYRY COPPER PROSPECT. DERKEY INDICATES A BRECCIA PIPE JUST NORTH OF THE VEINS WHICH IS 1200 X 700 IN PLAN VIEW. THE BRECCIA PIPE CONTAINS PYRITE, HEMATITE, TOURMALINE, AND CHALCOPYRITE

Comment (Geology): REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED BY CASCADE VOLCANISM

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 (Reserve-Resource): GRANT, 1976

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. 90-91.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 298-299.

Reference (Deposit): GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SRVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST ERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 39.

Reference (Deposit): COX, D.P., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 364.

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