Mine detail: Maybee Mine

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Location: Skamania County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.74787, -122.16062
dep_id: 10047850
mrds_id: M700179
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Oxidation In Ven. Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized
Reporter: Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Skamania Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Silver Star Pluton
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
disc_yr: 1900
discr: F.A. Maybee
References:
  • 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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