Mine detail: Enumclaw Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.15925, -121.79009

Resource(B)

Primary: Aluminum, Potassium
Tertiary: Gold, Sulfur, Kaolin, Copper
Ore: Alunite, Gold, Kaolinite, Sulfur
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR SHAPED BODIES
Discovery year: 1934

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Fifes Peak Formation;Fifes Peak Formation;Fifes Peak Formation
Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Alunitization, Silicification, Kaolinization

References

MRDSD002163
DEP10086999
Reference{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: THOENEN, J. R., 1941 , USBM R. I. 3561 , P. 35}{Deposit:: CALLAGHAN, E., 1940 , UNPUB. REPORT IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FILE}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1966, ALUNITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: US 89TH CONGRESS, 20TH SESSION, SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 167-168.}{Deposit:: KELLY, H. J., STRANDBERG, K. G., AND MUELLER, J. I., 1956, CERAMIC INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND RAW-MATERIAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7752 , P. 32}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V. E., JR., 1971 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63 , P. 35 - 51.}{Deposit:: THOENEN, J. R., 1941, ALUNITE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3561, P. 35-36}{Deposit:: FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., ORT, K.M., AND WAITT, R.B., JR., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 22-35.}{Deposit:: 1940 DIREXPL KALUNITE INC.: CORE DRILLING}{Deposit:: 1940 RECON E. CALLAGHAN, KIRKEMO: UNPUB. REPT.}{Deposit:: 1943 RECON L. S. GARDNER: UNPUB. DATA}{Production:: CALLAGHAN (1940)}{Reserve-Resource:: HUNTTING, 1966}
ReporterHall, Robert B., Starritt, Bruce C., Peterson, Jocelyn A., Schruben, Paul