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Primary Gold Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047856
MRDS ID M700188
Record type Site
Current site name Primary Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Jim Nos. 1-6, 8, Inez Nos. 1-4, Eva Nos. 1, 2, 5, Ialine, O Bill, Orell
Related records 10301851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.79479, 46.36231 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF SUMMIT OF JUNIPER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 008E 10 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. THIS PROPERTY IS NOW WITHIN THE CAMP CREEK PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRESENCE OF PGE NOT CONFIRMED BUT IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ITS KNOWN PRESENCE IN OTHER PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS. PYRITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO RANGE FROM $2.10-1,500/TON.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.79479, 46.36231
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Dip }
    Thickness 9.14M
  • General form VEINS
    Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics (Placers)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Primary Gold Co., Yakima, Wash.
    First year 1938

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SOME PLACERING

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. 155

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 30 FT THICK LEDGE OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PYRITE IN QUARTZ GANGUE. THIS CARRIES ONLY TRACES OF GOLD, BUT NARROW STRINGERS OF FREE GOLD ARE PRESENT IN QUARTZ. THE TYPE OF LODE DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700162

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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