Foggy Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036722
MRDS ID M025628
Record type Site
Current site name Foggy Mine
Alternate or previous names Alleghany, Penn
Related records 10131592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.33788, 47.99704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI NORTHWEST OF GLACIER BASIN; ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF CADET PEAK, Estimated From Map In Church And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanca Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sauk(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)

Henry M. Jackson Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 011E 13 SW4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON NORTHEAST SLOPE OF CADET PEAK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Realgar Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MANY SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 22.2 OZ/TON AG, 3.7% AS, 5.2% SB (JOHNSON AND OTHERS) AVERAGE VALUES 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 8 OZ/TON AG, 3-5% ZN, 3-4% PB, 3.15% AS, 5.5% SB (PURDY)

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Chiwaukum Schist;Barlow Pass Volcanics;Grotto Batholith;Chiwaukum Schist;Chiwaukum Schist
    Rock description Chiwaukum Schist;Barlow Pass Volcanics;Grotto Batholith;Chiwaukum Schist;Chiwaukum Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.33788, 47.99704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEAR ZONES
    Strike NE
    Dip 60NW TO NEAR VERT
    Thickness 1.68M
    Length 412.09M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goat Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. W. J. Collings
    Home office Renton, Wa.
    First year 1949

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 18.662 g/mt Silver Major 1983
    Arsenic As 0.38 wt-pct Arsenic Minor 1983
    Antimony Sb 0.32 wt-pct Antimony Minor 1983
    Gold Au 0.451 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 3198.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 LEVELS CONNECTED BY INCLINE AND SHAFT. ALSO 4 OTHER ADITS, 2 OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 83.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 134-135.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-20, SCALE 1:3,168,000.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., TABOR, R.W., AND JOHNSON, F.L., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL MAP OF THE GLACIER PEAK ROADLESS AREA, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1380-C, SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL SERIES OF SHEAR ZONES 2-20 FT SIDE WITH 9-20 IN. OF ORE. DIMENSIONS ARE OF MAIN SHEAR ZONE
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001709 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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