Mine detail: Hamilton Claims

Previously called 'Iron Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.49842, -121.97235

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES AND BEDS
Discovery year: 1881

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pre-Chuckanut
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Active Margin (Leading Edge North American Plate)
Alteration processes:Some Alteration To Chlorite

References

MRDSM700363
DEP10088857
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. 200-201.}{Deposit:: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, P. 95-101.}{Production:: HUNTTING, P. 200-201}
ReporterLawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.