Maybee Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047850
MRDS ID M700179
Record type Site
Current site name Maybee Mine
Related records 10228880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.16062, 45.74787 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE; ABOUT 7.25 MI NORTH OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated Along Creek In Section Fraction. Location Is Pribably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 14 NE4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEADWATERS OF SHIRT CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO WASHOUGAL RIVER. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS S/2 NW/4 SEC. 14.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation In Ven. Andesite Is Silicified And Propylitized

Analytical data

Result SORTED ORE REPORTED TO BE 1% CU:1 OZ/TON AG AND 1% CU:1.5% ZN. SELECT FRAGMENTS OF MINERALIZED QUARTZ FROM ONE DUMP ASSAYED 3.10% CU, 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 5.54 OZ/TON AG. SELECT SAMPLES FROM THE OPPOSITE DUMP ASSAYED 1.3% CU, TR AU, 2.58 OZ/TON AG

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Skamania Volcanics
    Rock description Skamania Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer F.A. Maybee

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Daly, Portland, Oreg.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

Comments on the production information

  • 6 OR MORE WAGON LOADS OF MILL CONCENTRATES WERE SHIPPED IN 1917

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VEINS ON THE PROPERTY ARE POORLY MINERALIZED AND UNPROFITABLE TO MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3,000 FT ADIT, 1,000 FT INCLINED SHAFT, ADIT. WORKINGS ARE CAVED

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY WAS BEING DEVELOPEED FROM 1902-1922 BY WASHOUGAL GOLD AND COPPER MINING CO. PROPERTY HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE THE 1930'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL FRACTURE ZONES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF CREEK, CONTAIN QUARTZ CHIMNEYS AND VEINS WITH SPOTTY MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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