Forty Five Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036800
MRDS ID M025715
Record type Site
Current site name Forty Five Mine
Alternate or previous names Magus, 45 Mine, Deu Pree Lode
Related records 10056100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55177, 48.05703 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF SILVERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(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 030N 010E 29,32 S2 (29) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY CONTAINS NUMEROUS CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Granodiorite Is Sheared And Altered

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ORE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 171 OZ/TON AG. AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 93 OZ/TON AG, 0.74 OZ/TON AU

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55177, 48.05703

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Melange Belt

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Length 1828.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS OF AREA INCLUDE GREENSTONE, GRAYWACKE, ARGILLITE, CHERT, MARBLE. PROTOLITHS OF MELANGE ROCKS RANGE FROM LATE MISSISSIPPIAN TO JURASSIC

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1891

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mine Evaluation, Inc.
    First year 1990

Comments on the workings information

  • >4000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION OF UNKNOWN TYPE WAS UNDERWAY IN 1990

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. 319.

  • Deposit

    CARITHERS, WARD, AND GUARD, A.K., 1945, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SULTAN BASIN, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 36, P. 39-46.

  • 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. 346.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 47.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST ORE BODY IS 15 X 300 FT. VEINS ARE WITHIN A SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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