| 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 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.5134, 47.69481 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | King |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 026 N | 010 E | 34 | NESWSW | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Molybdenite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sericite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -121.5134, 47.69481 |
|---|
| Strike | N70E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 9144M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 137M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 99999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1892 |
| Year of first production | 1889 |
| District name | Money Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| 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 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530330084 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SP00131 | MAS references MRDS |
WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
P. 126.
WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, P. 145-147.
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, P. 143-144.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 23-JUN-1994 | Thurber | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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