Wayside Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Vanadium
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036759
MRDS ID M025667
Record type Site
Current site name Wayside Mine
Related records 10056121, 10228514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.93567, 48.09537 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 1.5 MI NORTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 007E 08,09 S2 OF S2 (08) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • V REPORTED BUT NOT VERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.01-0.25 OZ/TON AU, 6-10 OZ/TON AG, 10% CU

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 Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Western Melange Bult;Western Melange Belt
    Rock description Western Melange Bult;Western Melange Belt

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Accreted Terranes

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SO-CALLED BATHOLITHIC ROCKS MAY BE LARGE BLOCKS OF CRYSTALLINE ROCKS IN A MATRIX OF METASEDIMENTS AS FOUND AT OTHER PROSPECTS IN THE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granite Falls District

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT $500,000 OF HIGH-GRADE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WITH 7 LEVELS OF WORKINGS

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. 91.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, W.A., 1942, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6, P. 13.

  • 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. 369.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references