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Pride of the Mountains 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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048555
MRDS ID MP00152
Record type Site
Current site name Pride of the Mountains Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.35704, 47.98149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI EAST OF MONTE CRISTO; ABOUT 1.8 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BLANCA LAKE, Estimated From Map In Johnson And Others. Location Given By Derkey And Others Is For Mystery Claim

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 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
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Tonalite Is Sheared And Bleached

Analytical data

Result MANY SAMPLES ANALYZED BY JOHNSON AND OTHERS. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE: 1.874 OZ/TON AU, 48.8 OZ/TON AG, 15% CU, 30% PB, 16% ZN, 38% 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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Darrington Phyllite;Grotto Batholith
    Rock description Darrington Phyllite;Grotto Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.35704, 47.98149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 2.71M
    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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. S. Ofstie
    First year 1949

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 7000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.065 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Arsenic As 2.65 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1983
    Lead Pb 0.76 wt-pct Lead Major 1983
    Silver Ag 38.682 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Copper Cu 0.137 wt-pct Copper Major 1983
    Zinc Zn 0.91 wt-pct Zinc Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (UPPER BLOCK) LOWER BLOCK CONTAINS 11,000,000 INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES PRESUMABLY AT SAME GRADES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 705.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MAIN LEVELS CONNECTED BY STOPES, RAISES, AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS. ALSO 2 ADITS, 3 OPEN CUTS, SEVERAL PITS

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. 6, 27.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 162.

  • 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. 359.

  • Production

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD MP00153

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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