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Wind River Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104140
MRDS ID M700150
Record type Site
Current site name Wind River Mine
Related records 10301592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.94729, 45.93981 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4 MI NORTH OF GOVERNMENT MINERAL SPRINGS; 20 MI NORTH OF CARSON; ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF PARADISE CREEK CAMPGROUND, Accurate. Located At Wind River Mine Labeled On Topo Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Termination Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

The Dalles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Columbia-Hood(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005N 007E 08,09 NE4 (08) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON MINOR TRIBUTARY TO WIND RIVER NEAR HEADWATERS OF WIND RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORT OF REALGAR UNCONFIRMED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VALUES FROM SHIPMENTS RANGED FROM 0.12-0.59 OZ/TON AU, 0.36-0.84 OZ/TON AG, UP TO 0.1% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.94729, 45.93981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N15-40W
    Dip 75SW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALTIC HOST ROCKS INTRUDE EO-OLIGO VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT INCLUDE AGGLOMERATE, TUFF BRECCIA, VOLCANIC SANDSTONE AND SILTSTONE, AND PUMICE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Wind River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Delano Wind River Mining Co.
    First year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED FROM MINE REPRESENTED ABOUT 90% TOTAL METAL PRODUCTION OF SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEINS MIGHT MERIT FURTHER EXPLORATION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 147.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS, ADIT, RAISE TO SURFACE, UNDERHAND STOPE EXTENDING 35 FT DOWN DIP OF VEIN, AND 30 FT WINZE CONNECTING WITH UNDERHAND STOPE.

Comments on development

  • WIND RIVER MINING CO. OPERATED PROPERTY FROM 1956-1963. BAXTER MINING CO. ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1967. IN 1972 FRED NEISLER LEASED PROPERTY AND SHIPPED ORE IN 1972-1974. IN 1979 PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY FOSTER MINING CO. DELANO WAS DRILLING PROPERTY IN 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 QUARTZ VEINS, 6 IN.-6 FT THICK, IN BASALT, WITH NORTH-NORTHWEST STRIKES AND STEEP DIPS. ATTITUDE GIVEN IS FOR MAIN VEIN. WHITE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN VEINS IS COMMONLY BANDED PARALLEL TO VEIN WALLS AND VUGGY; VUGS MAY BE PARTIALLY FILLED WITH LIMONITIC CLAYS AND LINED WITH DRUSY QUARTZ. SOME QUARTZ IS PORCELANIC. PARTS OF SOME VEINS HAVE WELL DEVELOPED BLADE TEXTURE. GOLD IS IN MINUTE GRAINS IN THE VEIN QUARTZ; PYRITE IS ONLY VISIBLE SULFIDE MINERAL; MALACHITE STAINING IS ONLY EVIDENCE OF CU. ASSAYS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO DISTINGUISH ORE FROM BARREN QUARTZ. MINERALIZATION IS IRREGULAR AND CONFINED TO SHOOTS.
Deposit 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 MILLSITE. MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AND LOCATION MAP IN MOEN, (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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