Washington · King County
Occurrence

Anderson

King County, Washington, United States
IronLeadZincSilverGoldCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryIron, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metamorphic
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlOre Body Is In Limy Quartzite And Is Presumably A Contact Metamorphic Deposit. The Exposed Portion Is A Lenticular Mass That Is 25-30 Ft. High And 15 Ft. Wide And That Exposed Approximately 2000 Tons (Huntting, 1956, P. 196. Shedd (1924, P. 66) Reports The Presence Of Titanium In Assays From The Anderson Property.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Magnetite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Tectonic settingThe Snoqualmie Batholith Is Part Of Early Magmatism Of The Cascade Magmatic Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055917
MRDS IDSP00130
Alternate namesBaring
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.75481, -121.50649
References
WDGER OFR 90-18GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON WITH STATISTICS FOR 1922; WITH AN ARTICLE ON COAL AND COKE, BY G.W. EVANS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 30, 224 P.SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O.P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.