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Hamilton Claims

Past Producer in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Aluminum, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10088857
MRDS ID M700363
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton Claims
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.97235, 48.49842 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 1-2 MI SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF HAMILTON, Within 6 Miles Laterally (E-W)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Day Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N}035N 006E}007E 23,24}30,20,21 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Alteration To Chlorite

Analytical data

Result AVG. COMP. OF 15 ANALYSES: 37.79% FE, 24.73% SIO2, 6.01% AL203, 6.56% CAC03, 9.75% MN304, 0.49% P, 0.16% S.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Pre-Chuckanut
    Rock description Pre-Chuckanut

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.97235, 48.49842
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND BEDS
    Strike E-W TO S45 E
    Dip 55 SW TO 65-70 SW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • COAL BEDS 1000 TO 1200 FT ABOVE FE DEPOSITS; COUNTRY ROCKS ARE SANDSTONES, LIMESTONES, AND SHALES. ; REG.COM: PRODUCTION IN UNKNOWN YEARS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Hamilton District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dewey Smith And Fred Russell
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN UNKNOWN YEARS. 20 TONS SHIPPED FROM TACOMA CLAIM TO IRONDALE SMELTER (UNKNOWN TIME)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.388HA
    Length 9655.8M
    Width 9.14M
    Overall depth 27.43M
    Overall length 9655.8M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, ADITS (NOW INACESSABLE, 1956), SHAFTS AND TUNNELS (HAMILTON CLAIM: 40 FT SHAFT AND TUNNEL 60 FT LONG), (INAUGRAL CLAIM: SHAFT 90 FT DEEP AND TUNNEL 50 FT LONG).

Comments on development

  • TRENCHES, ADITS; CONSIDERABLE TRENCHING BY W.P.A. IN 1939. PUGET CLAIMS OWNED BY SEATTLE MANGANESE IRON CO. (1892)

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. 200-201.

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, P. 95-101.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, P. 200-201

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 20 CLAIMS: HAMILTON (IRON MTN); MAYFLOWER (SECS. 23 24); BLUE JAY; LAST CHANCE (SECS. 23 24): 10 FT BED, QUARTZ GANGUE, ASSAY: 60% FE, 7.03% SI02, 0.04% S, TRACE P; FAIRHAVEN; WASHINGTON (SEC 23 24): GLAUCOPHANE SCHIST GANGUE, ASSAY: 56.72% FE, 5.94% SI02, 0.03% S, 0.07% P; INAUGRAL; SCOTTISH CHIEF (SEC 23 24); EAGLE: ASSAY: 58% FE, 4.13% MN, 7% SI02; MANHATTEN; HELENA; TREADWELL: QUARTZ GANGUE; LEGAL TENDER; PARNELL; KEYSTONE; KATIE: 62% FE, 3% MN; TYEE; 63% FE; O'TOOLE: BODIES OF ORE 15-60 FT THICK, ASSAY: 54.5% FE, 9.8% SI02, 0.155% S, 0.56% P; MABEL: 14-FT BED TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT; PITTSBURG: QUARTZ GANGUE, ASSAY: 29.11-32.92% FE, 28.05-32.46% SI02, 0.20-0.31% P, 8.43-8.56% AL, 8.11-13.11% MN, 6.71- 8.06% CA; PUGET (6 CLAIMS) : ASSAY: 52.33% FE, 11.38% SIO2, TRACE S; TACOMA: 20-FT BED, ASSAY: 58.13% FE, 4.12% SI02, 0.19% S, 0.06% P; TENNESSEE NO. 3: ASSAY: 42.9% FE, 2% MN, 21.93% SI02. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD W017836 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit DICONTINOUS BEDS AND LENSES IN FINE-GRAINED GLAUCOPHANE-GARNET SCHIST. BEDS FROM A FEW FT TO 30 FT THICK. THERE IS NO USGS MODEL NAME FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 07-JUN-95 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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