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O and B Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10036944
MRDS ID M025921
Record type Site
Current site name O and B Mine
Alternate or previous names Oliver and Birney Mine
Related records 10301578

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4026, 47.98038 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF MONTE CRISTO, Estimated From Map In Johnson And Others Just North Of A Small Tarn. Lat/Long Given By Derkey And Others Plots 0.25 Mi North Of This Location And Is Presumed To Be In Error, Estimated From Map In Johnson And Others Just North Of A Small Tarn. Lat/Long Given By Derkey And Others Plots 0.25 Mi North Of This Location And Is Presumed To Be In Error

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)

Henry M. Jackson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 21 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNUSRVEYED. LOCATION ALTERNATIVELY GIVEN BY HUNTTING AS NW/4 SEC. 28.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD VALUES ARE SPOTTY

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result $35/TON TOTAL ORE. ASSAYS OF 9 SAMPLES YIELDED MAXIMUMS OF 0.32 OZ/TON AU, 11.76 OZ/TON AG, 2.39% CU, 8.12% AS

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
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4026, 47.98038
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N33E
    Dip 65NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES WITH OVERPRINT OF CASCADES MAGAMTISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
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 Owner
    Owner Reiser, A. H.
    Home office Seattle, Wa.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1036.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, RAISE, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 89.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 6, P. 21.

  • 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. 360.

  • 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. 32.

  • Production

    HUNTTING

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UP TO 4 FT OF ORE IN 2-50 FT WIDE FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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