Minnie Lee Group

Prospect in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047852
MRDS ID M700181
MAS/MILS ID 0530590063
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Lee Group
Alternate or previous names N.C. Nos. 1 and 2, Minnie Lee Nos. 1-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.1548, 46.3736 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.25 MI WEST OF DEADMAN LAKE, Location of collapsed buildings at area shown as shaft on claim #4 seen on Google Earth.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(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 010N 005E 02, 03 W2 (02): NE4 (03) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTHERN SLOPE OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED CLAIMS
  • Collapsed timbers are visible on Google Earth at approximate point shown on Moen (1977, p.20) map of shaft on claim no. 4. Adits shown on claims 3 and 5 were not visible.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.1548, 46.3736

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Monument
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cascadia Mining And Development Co.
    First year 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ADITS, CROSSCUTS. ALL WORKINGS CAVED IN 1977

Comments on development

  • NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON PROPERTY SINCE 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 18 IN.-5.5 FT THICK, CONTAINING ABUNDANT PYRITE, FOLLOWS A N30W TRENDING FRACTURE ZONE IN GRANODIORITE.
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977, p. 20)

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
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 09-JUN-09 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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