Kromona Mine

Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Iron
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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036827
MRDS ID M025748
Record type Site
Current site name Kromona Mine
Alternate or previous names Scriber, Jones, Goat Haven?
Related records 10056108, 10131632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.59399, 47.91592 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 5 MI BY ROAD FROM OLNEY PASS, 19 MI FROM SULTAN; ABOUT 1.1 MI NORTHEAST OF MOUNT STICKNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stickney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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 028N 009E 13 NEAR CENTER OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN SULTAN BASIN ON NORTH SIDE OF MT. STICKNEY. POSSIBLY GOAT HAVEN DEPOSIT OF HOLLISTER, ALTHOUGH GRANT INDICATES PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION IN SULTAN BASIN IS ABOUT IN SEC. 26, T29N, R10E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE IN PLACES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Orpiment Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Realgar Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weak Potassic

Analytical data

Result 1954 AVERAGE ASSAY: 24.33% CU, 4.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.5 OZ/TON AU. SEVERAL OTHER ASSAY VALUES GIVEN IN HUNTTING (1956)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Western Melange Belt
    Rock description Index Batholith;Index Batholith;Western Melange Belt

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Contact Of Gneiss And Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N65E
    Dip 75 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES OVERPRINTED BY CASCADE MAGMATISM. HOLLISTER INDICATES GOAT HAVEN DEPOSIT HAS SIMILAR METALLOGENY AND ALTERATION TO MAZAMA DEPOSIT. AGE GIVEN IS MIOCENE, BUT BATHOLITH IS SUPPOSED TO BE OLIGOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sultan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kromona Mines Corp.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • TWO TON TEST SHIPMENT IN 1952. PRODUCED 102 TONS CONCENTRATE IN 1954. SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1953, 1955.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 330.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT AND 2 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • NO W PRODUCTION

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. 87.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 74-78.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.

  • 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. 355.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN LENSES IN NORTHEAST-TRENDING STRUCTURES AT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS. MANY QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING SULFIDES
Deposit MRDS RECORDS D001418, D000688 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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External references