Mine detail: Orphan Boy Mine

Previously called 'Silver Queen'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.96926, -121.40038

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Barlow Pass Volcanics
Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSMP00159
DEP10098707
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACEIR PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 7, 34.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 163.}{Reserve-Resource:: JOHNSON AND OTHERS}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.