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Apex

Past Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  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 10048618
MRDS ID MP00216
Record type Site
Current site name Apex
Alternate or previous names Bondholder Syndicate, Apex Gold, National Gold, Apex-Damon
Related records 10055920

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.51342, 47.69481 (WGS84)
Elevation 1030
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ELISABETH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Phelps(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026N 010E 34 SW4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEADWATERS OF MONEY CREEK ON SOUTH SIDE OF MONEY CREEK VALLEY

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SHIPMENTS IN 1920 AVERAGED 21-26% AS, 18-20 ZO/TON AG, 1-5-2.5 OZ/TON AU, 4.5-6% PB. ASSAYS AS HIGH AS 63 OZ/TON AG, 3.15 OZ/TON AU

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 Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase;Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase;Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.51342, 47.69481
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N70-80E
    Dip 60SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer John Maloney
Production years 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1916-1920, 1926, 1928, 1936-1943

Mining district

District name Miller River District (Money Creek)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Css Management Corp.
    First year 1992
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleopatra Mines, Inc.
    First year 1971

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 60000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 28.235 g/mt Gold Major 1975
    Silver Ag 202.167 g/mt Silver Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.16 wt-pct Copper Major 1975
    Lead Pb 0.25 wt-pct Lead Major 1975
    Zinc Zn 0.18 wt-pct Zinc Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED RESOURCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS ON 5 LEVELS

Comments on development

  • MINE REPAIR AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1992; ALSO MILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 106.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 126.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 165-166.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPOEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AERA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 103, 106.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 145.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN FISSURE CONTAINING HIGH-GRADE SHOOTS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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