Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSimilar To The Apex Mine. Consists Of Two Veins, One Averaging 3 Ft. Wide Over A Distance Of 900 Ft. (Huntting, 1956, P. 127).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockTonalite
Tectonic settingThe Snoqualmie Batholith Is Part Of Early Magmatism Of The Cascade Magmatic Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055925
MRDS IDSP00137
Alternate namesDamon, Pythias
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.69814, -121.52732
References
WDGER OFR 90-18COATS, R.R., 1932, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE APEX GOLD MINE, MONEY CREEK, KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 48 P., 2 PL.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.LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 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.