Mine detail: Bonanza Queen Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.09898, -121.56455

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Copper
Tertiary: Tellurium, Arsenic, Iron
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Sylvanite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES IN SHEAR ZONE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Eastern Melange Belt
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Squire Creek Stock And Related Intrusive Rocks
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Accreted Terranes, Fracture Zone
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Diorite Is Altered

References

MRDSM025604
DEP10036701
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. 80.}{Deposit:: BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH CONTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 39.}{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. 341.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.}
ReporterAndrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.