Mine detail: Gold Mountain Prospect

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Location: King County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.71231, -121.41842
dep_id: 10009025
mrds_id: D001649
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Pyritization, Kaolinization
Reporter: Miller, M. H., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Swauk Formation, Silver Pass Volcanic Member
hrock_type: Andesite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
disc_yr: 1900
References:
  • Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 74-75.
  • Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 296.
  • Deposit:: GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, PLATE 1.
  • 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.
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