The Washougal Mining District is located on the western flanks of the southern Cascade Range of Washington, approximately 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Vancouver, Washington. The district has produced only $573 since 1903, derived from copper and silver. The presence of hydrothermal mineralization and breccia pipes similar to those...
The Washougal Mining District is approximately 50 km (30
miles) northeast of Vancouver, Washington, along the western
slopes of the Cascade Range. Although the district has produced
the unostentatious amount of $572 in metals since 1903, the presence
of porphyritic intrusions, hydrothermal alteration, breccia pipes,
and base-metal mineralization typical of...
Several uranium anomalies, with concentrations of U₃0₈ that
average below 0.003 percent and reach maximums of 0.069 percent,
are associated with black, fossiliferous, pyritic parts of the Ordovician
Ledbetter Slate in northern Stevens County, Washington. The most
uraniferous parts of the slate occur in small (average of 5 by 30...