| Deposit ID | 10047850 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700179 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Maybee Mine |
| Related records | 10228880 |
| 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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 003N | 005E | 14 | NE4 OF NW4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| 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 |
|---|
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver Star Pluton | ||||||||
| Rock description | Silver Star Pluton | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Skamania Volcanics |
| Rock description | Skamania Volcanics |
| (1) | Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | STEEP |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Discoverer | F.A. Maybee |
| District name | Washougal District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. C. Daly, Portland, Oreg. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of Washington |
| Home office | Washington |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1219.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700179 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 77.
MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 43, 58-59.
PHILLIPS, W.M., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VANCOUVER QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-10, SCALE 1:100,000.
HUNTTING (1956)
MOEN, 1977
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO PARALLEL FRACTURE ZONES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF CREEK, CONTAIN QUARTZ CHIMNEYS AND VEINS WITH SPOTTY MINERALIZATION. |
| 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 |
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