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Rainy Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036743
MRDS ID M025651
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Mine
Alternate or previous names Ben Lomond
Related records 10302084

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.3826, 47.98399 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI EAST OF MONTE CRISTO, Estimated From Map In Johnson And Others. Derkey And Others Location Is Closer To Monte Cristo But Appears To Be In Error

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 011E 22 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Rock description Barlow Pass Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Darrington Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.3826, 47.98399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N10E
    Dip 87 NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • REGION CONSISTS OF ACCRETED TERRANES WITH AN OVERPRINT OF CASCADES MAGMATISM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Monte Cristo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Birney
    Home office Everett, Wa.
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Period 1913-1915
    Material ?
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.638 Oz/Ton Au, 2.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 19.6% As
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 18g/mt
    Major Silver Silver 62g/mt
    Arsenic Arsenic 20wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 15.811 g/mt Gold Major 1983
    Silver Ag 73.412 g/mt Silver Minor 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES (FROM COMPANY DATA)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 594.36M
    Overall depth 64.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, FLOODED SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS OF DRIFTS

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. 163

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 361.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULOCH, 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. 6, 28.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942. INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 21-22.

  • 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.

  • Production

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS, DERKEY AND OTHERS

  • Reserve-Resource

    JOHNSON AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. MAIN ORE BODY 300 FT IN DIAMETER AND AS THICK AS 5 FT

Reporter information

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

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