Wind River Mine

The Wind River Mine is a gold mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 1,699 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Wind River Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Wind River Area

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 Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Delano Wind River Mining Co.
Years: 1992 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Epithermal vein, Sado

Orebody

Form: VEINS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: VALUES FROM SHIPMENTS RANGED FROM 0.12-0.59 OZ/TON AU, 0.36-0.84 OZ/TON AG, UP TO 0.1% CU.

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Realgar
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): REPORT OF REALGAR UNCONFIRMED

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON MINOR TRIBUTARY TO WIND RIVER NEAR HEADWATERS OF WIND RIVER

Comment (Reserve-Resource): VEINS MIGHT MERIT FURTHER EXPLORATION

Comment (Development): WIND RIVER MINING CO. OPERATED PROPERTY FROM 1956-1963. BAXTER MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1967. IN 1972 FRED NEISLER LEASED PROPERTY AND SHIPPED ORE IN 1972-1974. IN 1979 PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY FOSTER MINING CO. DELANO WAS DRILLING PROPERTY IN 1992

Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED FROM MINE REPRESENTED ABOUT 90% TOTAL METAL PRODUCTION OF SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON.

Comment (Deposit): 4 QUARTZ VEINS, 6 IN.-6 FT THICK, IN BASALT, WITH NORTH-NORTHWEST STRIKES AND STEEP DIPS. ATTITUDE GIVEN IS FOR MAIN VEIN. WHITE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN VEINS IS COMMONLY BANDED PARALLEL TO VEIN WALLS AND VUGGY; VUGS MAY BE PARTIALLY FILLED WITH LIMONITIC CLAYS AND LINED WITH DRUSY QUARTZ. SOME QUARTZ IS PORCELANIC. PARTS OF SOME VEINS HAVE WELL DEVELOPED BLADE TEXTURE. GOLD IS IN MINUTE GRAINS IN THE VEIN QUARTZ; PYRITE IS ONLY VISIBLE SULFIDE MINERAL; MALACHITE STAINING IS ONLY EVIDENCE OF CU. ASSAYS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO DISTINGUISH ORE FROM BARREN QUARTZ. MINERALIZATION IS IRREGULAR AND CONFINED TO SHOOTS.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, ADIT, RAISE TO SURFACE, UNDERHAND STOPE EXTENDING 35 FT DOWN DIP OF VEIN, AND 30 FT WINZE CONNECTING WITH UNDERHAND STOPE.

Comment (Geology): BASALTIC HOST ROCKS INTRUDE EO-OLIGO VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT INCLUDE AGGLOMERATE, TUFF BRECCIA, VOLCANIC SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE, AND PUMICE

Comment (Deposit): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 MILLSITE. MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AND LOCATION MAP IN MOEN, (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

References

Reference (Production): MOEN, 1977.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOEN, 1977

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

Reference (Deposit): MCFARLAND, C.R., MCLUCAS, G.B., RIGBY, J.R., STOFFEL, K.L., 1980, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1979: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 69, P. 10.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 59-62.

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