Alamether & Gora

The Alamether & Gora is a chromium mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 2,900 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: Alamether & Gora
Secondary: Begonia
Secondary: Howard
Secondary: Shaft
Secondary: Mestha
Secondary: Hammond
Secondary: Aster
Secondary: Elm
Secondary: Maple
Secondary: Three Lakes South
Secondary: Jean
Secondary: Bosman
Secondary: Pine
Secondary: Spruce

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Sisters

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.

Holdings

Type: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Industrial Mining Co.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Twin Sisters Associated Advisory Council
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): M1C1=M1C2+M1C3. MATRIX 1 GRADE IS APPROXIMATED FOR 10 & 25% PROBABILITY. MATRIX INFO. FROM MAGIL, E.A., DEFENSE MINERALS REPORT IDME8

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL INFO ON BENEFICIATION AND TRANSPORTATION IS SUPPLIED IN THE OLD MAS FORMS CONTAINED IN WFOC BACK-UP FILE.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPTH OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL, LENGTH, THICKNESS,AND WIDTH OF THE ORE BODY ARE ALL ESTIMATES.

References

Reference (Deposit): MAS FILES WFOC

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