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Justice Mine

Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony
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  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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036739
MRDS ID M025645
Record type Site
Current site name Justice Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Chord
Related records 10056107, 10301520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.38038, 47.97982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.75 MI SOUTHEAST OF MONTE CRISTO, Accurate? Location Is Taken From Derkey. Map In Johnson And Others Show Location As Being About 0.25 Mi Farther East

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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 Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 011E 27 S EDGE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON NORTHWEST SIDE OF WILMONS PEAK. JOHNSON AND OTHERS SEPARATED JUSTICE AND GOLDEN CHORD PROPERTIES. THEY ARE COMBINED HERE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tonalite Is Bleached

Analytical data

Result JOHNSON AND OHTERS ANALYZED MANY SAMPLES. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.32 OZ/TON AU, 34 OZ/TON AG, 6.4% CU, 21.7% PB, 18% ZN, 47.5% AS, 1.95% SB

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics; Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics;Grotto Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.38038, 47.97982
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N72E
    Dip 64-83NW
    Thickness 1.34M
    Length 1767.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED WITH CASCADES MAGMATISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Birney
    Home office Everett, Wa.
    First year 1940

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 0.295 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1983
    Arsenic As 1.4 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983
    Lead Pb 0.206 wt-pct Lead Minor 1983
    Silver Ag 16.659 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Gold Au 1.242 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.01 wt-pct Copper Minor 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND INFERRED, SUBECONOMIC RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK). LOWER BLOCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 2,600,000 TONS OF INTERRED, SUBECONOMIC RESOURCES PRESUMABLY OF SAME GRADES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2053.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS ON AT LEAST THREE LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic 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. 161.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 6, 29.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 354.

  • Production

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS AND HUNTTING

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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