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Plamondon Prospect

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047831
MRDS ID M700153
Record type Site
Current site name Plamondon Prospect
Related records 10301844

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.84424, 46.18981 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI NORTH OF LEWIS RIVER; ABOUT 4.2 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF SURPRISE MEADOW, Estimated On Platinum Creek Where Trail Up Quartz Creek Crosses

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Creek Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lewis(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008N 008E 07 SW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON NORTH SIDE OF QUARTZ CREEK. VERY APPROXIMATE LOCATION, 3.5 MI BY TRAIL FROM END OF ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Tuff Is Iron Stained

Analytical data

Result AS HIGH AS $68/TON REPORTED

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.84424, 46.18981
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Camp Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Plamondon Brothers Mining Co
    First year 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT, OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • OWNED JOINTLY WITH PLAMONDON INDIAN MINES, INC., 1940-1944

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. 155

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ IN IRON-STAINED TUFF IS REPORTEDLY MINERALIZED
Deposit CONSISTED OF 26 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1943 AND OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1954. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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