Apex Mine

Past Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204999
MRDS ID SP00131
MAS/MILS ID 0530330084
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Damon Pythias Mine
Related records 10055920

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.5134, 47.69481 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 026 N 010 E 34 NESWSW Washington

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.5134, 47.69481

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 0.4M
    Length 9144M
    Width 137M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N70E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1889

Mining district

District name Money Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Apex Gold Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1956
    First year 1905
    Last year 1922
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bondholders Syndicate Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1956
    First year 1923
    Last year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner National Gold Corp.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1956
    First year 1928
    Last year 1928

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 126.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, P. 145-147.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, P. 143-144.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 120 COLS 18-22 NO DATA REC 140 PLANT PROPOSED AT MILLER APPX 1 KM NW TOWN OF SUYKOM REC 151 PLANT TO SERVE 2 PLUS MINES ESTIMATED LEAD-TIME 1 TO 2 YR TO PROD 50 TPD ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-1994 Thurber U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references