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New Discovery Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048554
MRDS ID MP00151
Record type Site
Current site name New Discovery Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.35954, 47.9801 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position ABOUT 2.7 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BLANCA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Lake(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 26 NEAR CENTER OF N4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tonalite Is Sheared And Bleached

Analytical data

Result MANY SAMPLES ANALYZED BY JOHNSON AND OTHERS. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.836 OZ/TON AU, 17.1 OZ/TON AG, 2% CU, 15% PB, 25.9% ZN, 31.9% AS, 2% SB

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Grotto Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.35954, 47.9801
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 1.68M
    Length 1767.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.15 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 32.471 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.07 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Lead Pb 0.41 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 1.32 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983
    Arsenic As 2.83 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK). LOWER BLOCK ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1,900,000 TONS INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES PRESUMABLY AT SAME GRADES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 865.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE MAIN LEVELS CONNECTED BY STOPES AND RAISES. LOWEST LEVEL CONNECTS TO MYSTERY MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 5, 26.

  • 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.

  • Production

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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