Lennox

Past Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009027
MRDS ID D001651
Record type Site
Current site name Lennox
Alternate or previous names Lenox Group
Related records 10156000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.57454, 47.65231 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position 23 MI BY ROAD FROM NORTH BEND; ABOUT 1.7 MI SOUTH OF MOUNT PHELPS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Phelps(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snoqualmie(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025N}025N 010E}009E 07,18}13 NE4 (18) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Analytical data

Result ONE-TON LOT OF PICKED ORE (1938) SHOWED: 1.14 OZ/TON AU, 10.42 OZ/TON AG, 1.5% CU, 1.2% PB, 8.3% ZN, 6.18% AS, 0.67% SB. 8 SAMPLES (1947) YIELDED $7.50-63.91/TON IN TOTAL METALS. SEVERAL ALANYSES IN GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975, WITH MAXIMUMS OF 0.39 OZ/TON AU, 43.8 OZ/TON AG, 2.2% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.57454, 47.65231

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Prospectors Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest Adjacent To Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joel Ray
    First year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lennox Mining And Development Co.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 TUNNELS, NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • MINE DEVELOPMENT WAS TAKING PLACE IN 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 161.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 77-79.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

  • Production

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONES OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL HUNDRED SQUARE FEET
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-74 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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