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Damon and Pythias

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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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. Production statistics
  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 10048620
MRDS ID MP00218
Record type Site
Current site name Damon and Pythias
Alternate or previous names Damon, Pythias
Related records 10055925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.52732, 47.69814 (WGS84)
Elevation 963
Relative position 7 MI BY ROAD FROM MILLER RIVER; ABOUT 0.4 MI SOUTHWEST OF LAKE ELIZABETH

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)

Snoqualmie(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 33 NEAR CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN SOUTH FORK TOLT WATERSHED (CITY OF SEATTLE). AT HEAD OF SOUTH FORK TOLT RIVER

Commodities

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

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 SHIPPED AVERAGED 0.87 OZ/TON AU, 9 OZ/TON AG, 4% PB. ORE AVERAGES 0.245 OZ/TON AU, 2.2 OZ/TON AG, 7.86% AS (MOEN)

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) -121.52732, 47.69814
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N80-85W; N80-85E
    Dip 60-70SW; 55-75SE
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 274.32M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike N80-85W; N80-85E
    Dip 60-70SW; 55-75SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Miller River District (Money Creek)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleopatra Mines, Inc.
    First year 1971

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period Pre 1940
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.87 Oz/Ton Au, 9 Oz/Ton Ag, 4% Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 254g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 25g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • GUALTIERI AND OTHERS INDICATE 33 TONS SHIPPED

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Total resources 154000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 4.517 g/mt Gold Major 1975
    Silver Ag 20.047 g/mt Silver Major 1975
    Lead Pb 0.93 wt-pct Lead Major 1975
    Copper Cu 0.11 wt-pct Copper Trace 1975
    Zinc Zn 0.35 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1975
    Arsenic As 4.59 wt-pct Arsenic Trace 1975
    Antimony Sb 1.35 wt-pct Antimony Trace 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PARAMARGINAL RESOURCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT AND DRIFTS, PITS

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. 114.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, P. 167.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 100-103.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 147.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

  • Reserve-Resource

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 QUARTZ VEINS
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

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

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