Mine detail: Maybee Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.74787, -122.16062

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Secondary: Gold, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1900

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Skamania Volcanics
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Silver Star Pluton
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Oxidation In Ven. Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized

References

MRDSM700179
DEP10047850
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. 77.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 58-59.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Production:: HUNTTING (1956)}{Reserve-Resource:: MOEN, 1977}
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