Lake Serene

Occurrence in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048634
MRDS ID MP00235
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Serene
Alternate or previous names Index-Independent, Wilbur Index, Index, Pride of Index
Related records 10056109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.58204, 47.79259 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF INDEX, Accurate? Property May Actually Be Located In Se/4 Section Where Topo Map Shows A Prospect Symbol At Elevation 1300 Ft. Location Given Here Is At Elevation 2000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Index(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027N 010E 30 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST BUT OUTSIDE ITS BOUNDARY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ORE $98.98/TON CU+AU+AG

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 Index Batholith;Index Batholith
    Rock description Index Batholith;Index Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.58204, 47.79259

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N70E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Index District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lake Serene Mining Co., Inc., Snoqualmie
    First year 1951

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO A SMALL SHIPMENT IN 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. BROUGHTON INDICATES MUCH MORE UNDERGROUND WORK THAN HUNTTING (CITED ABOVE)

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. 356.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 87.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A, 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 15.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FISSURE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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