Guye

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055929
MRDS ID SP00141
Record type Site
Current site name Guye
Alternate or previous names Mt. Logan, Summit;
Related records 10048621, 10277432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4212, 47.44564 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(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
023N 011E 28,32,33 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF SNOQUALMIE PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4212, 47.44564

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Where Granodiorite Is In Contact With Limestone, The Limestone Is Recrystallized To Marble And Partially Replaced By Garnet And Magnetite (Shedd And Others, 1922, P. 90-92). A Vein Near The Center Of One Of The Claims, Reported To Be 6 Feet Wide, Contains Abundant Galena And Sphalerite (Huntting ,1956, P. 196).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snoqualmie

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY EXPLORED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 196).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THE GUYE MINE, LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE OF THE GUYE SEDIMENTARY MEMBER OF THE NACHES FORMATION (FRIZZELL AND OTHERS, 1984, GEOL. MAP) WAS INTRUDED BY GRANODIORITE OF THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH (SHEDD AND OTHERS, 1922, P. 90-92). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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