The Apex Mine is a mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 3,599 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
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.695, -121.51220
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Apex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apex Mine
Secondary: Damon Pythias Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Money Creek 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: National Gold Corp.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1956
Years: 1928 - 1928
Owner Name: Bondholders Syndicate Mining Co.
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1956
Years: 1923 - 1926
Owner Name: Apex Gold Mines, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1956
Years: 1905 - 1922
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1889
Discovery Year: 1892
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
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REC 120 COLS 18-22 NO DATA REC 140 PLANT PROPOSED AT MILLER APPX 1 KM NW TOWN OF SUYKOM REC 151 PLANT TO SERVE 2 PLUS MINES ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME 1 TO 2 YR TO PROD 50 TPD ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
Reference (Deposit): P. 126.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, P. 145-147.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, P. 143-144.
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