Mine detail: Copper Independent Mine

Previously called 'Ore RecoveriesIndependentSilverton Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.07564, -121.569

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE

Production

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

Geology

Associated type:Granite
Structure:Granite Is Sheared
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM025636
DEP10036730
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. 157.}{Deposit:: BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OR MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 39-40.}{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. 362.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SUAK 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.