Mine detail: Cascade Claims

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Location: Skagit County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.45232, -121.17677
dep_id: 10047986
mrds_id: M700367
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Trace mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold, Pyrite
orebody_fm: VEIN
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A., Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)
hrock_unit: Cascade River Schist
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Tight Folding Along North-Northwest Trending Axes
tectonic: Active Margin (Leading Edge Of North American Plate)
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. 231.
  • Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 162.
  • 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.
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