Forty-Five.Or Lydia Pinkham Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228642
MAS/MILS ID 0530610545
Record type Site
Current site name Forty-Five.Or Lydia Pinkham Mine
Alternate or previous names Magus

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.56121, 48.05901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silverton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stillaguamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 010 E 29 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Proustite Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.56121, 48.05901

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1891
Year of first production 1896

Mining district

District name Silverton

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gerald J Mccarty
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOYLE,J.E.JR 1948.THE SILVERTON MINE. UNI WA BS THESIS

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON,W.A.1942,INVNTRY MIN PROPS.SNHMSH CO.WA.WA DIV GEO

  • Deposit

    CARITHERS,WARD AND GUARD;A.K,1945GEOL ORE DEPS SULTAN BASIN,

  • Deposit

    CO.WA.WA DIV GEOL BUL 6.

  • Deposit

    HODGES,L.K,1897 MINING IN PAC NW SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WA MINSPART 2,WA DIV GEOL BUL 37

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV.GEOL EARTH RESOURCES UNPUBLISHED DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 080 COLS 35-52 EXPOSED REC 151 INSUFFIENT DATA.ORE COBBED BY HAND 1901. PRIOR SHIPMENT ESTIMATED. LEAD-TIME TO PRODUCE ORE IS 2 YEARS. PATENTED CLAIMS:NORM,MAGUS,MOUNTAIN RAM,DEUPREE BROS,HARD TO BRYAN,SIXTEEN TO 1,SIXTEEN TO 1 FRACTION,FORTY FIVE1-9,11-12 NINETY FIVE NO.1 LODE, NINETY FIVE 2 LODE,NINETY-FIVE NO.3 LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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