Eclipse

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Mercury
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. 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 10040183
MRDS ID M054871
MAS/MILS ID 530610377
Record type Site
Current site name Eclipse
Alternate or previous names Dahl, Taft, Silverton Mines
Related records 10277548

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.569, 48.076 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 25(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF SILVERTON, Estimated In Nw/4 Sec. 19 At Foot Of Mountain Near Stilaguamish River. Two tunnels approx. 33 m apart are shown on topo south of Silverton. Coordinates are for midpoint between the adits

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 17,18,19 NW4 (19) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF STILAGUAMISH RIVER AT FOOT OF HUCKLEBERRY RIDGE
  • MINE IS REPORTED IN SECS. 17, 18, AND 19.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD MINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mercury Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 ASSAYS 7% AND 3% HG

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 > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Eastern Melange Belt
    Rock description Eastern Melange Belt

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.569, 48.076

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Strong Shear S60-70e, Dip 60-70s
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Accreted Terranes

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROTOLITH AGE OF ROCKS OF EASTERN MELANGE BELT IS JUR-CRET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silverton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. D. Taft
  • Type Operator
    Owner Eclipse Consolidated Mining and Investment Co.
    Year 1915
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner Virginia-Agenda Co.
    Year 1921
    First year 1924
  • Type Owner
    Owner Chemical Products Assoc.
    Year 1925
    First year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lambda Chemical Corp.
    Year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ore Recoveries Corp.
    Year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 8046.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING PARTLY CAVED AND FLOODED

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED, DENIED IN 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 158.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 42-43.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P.

  • Deposit

    SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, P. 1-183.

  • 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. 362.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 VEIN WITH ARSENOPYRITE, 1 VEIN WITH AU+AG+CU. MERCURY IN SOME WORKINGS
Deposit ALSO SEE OLD MINING JOURNALS AND MINERALS YEARBOOKS CITED IN HUNTTING, 1956 ; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M025636

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1991-02-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1994-04-15 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530610377 = 10277548
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record MAS 0530610377 = 10277548

Beyond USGS

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