Allen Basin Group

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047730
MRDS ID M700003
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Basin Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Nephew, Aunt, Equinox, Black Dwarf, Captain Jack, Ixl, Solitaire, Harnessmaker, Harnessmaker Extension, Uncle, Queen City, Sister Grace, Maccabee, Blue Hen, Park Placer.
Related records 10093089, 10205000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7326, 48.75399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TAMARACK PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasayten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 017E 33,34 E2 (33); W2 (34) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. WEST OF BONITA CREEK, PROSPECTS OF THE GROUP SCATTERED IN 1/2 MI RADIUS AROUND LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THERE WERE HIGH GRADE POCKETS IN EARLY DAYS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IS $1.25-3.00/TON AU, ALL VALUES AVERAGE $12-15/TON. ASSAY ON STOCKPILED ORE ON UNCLE CLAIM SHOWED 0.44 OZ/TON AU, 0.28 OZ/TON AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Rock description Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7326, 48.75399

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Beld Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Sets

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike N60-70E
    Dip 40-60 NW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS OF BASIN ARE ARGILLITE AND FINE-GRAINED ARKOSIC QUARTZITE THATARE PART OF A TURBIDITE SEQUENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer J.B. Allen
Year of first production 1898
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Gold Mining, Inc.
    First year 1930

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Period 1898-1905
    Material ORE AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.25 To 3.0 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 59g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Period 1938-1940
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.38 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 39g/mt
  • Year 1940
    Period 1938-1940
    Material ORE AU
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.92 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 54g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, AND IN 1938-40.

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST ONE ADIT ON IXL CLAIM; 3 SHAFTS ON UNCLE CLAIM, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

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. 175.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 100-101.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 540.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Production

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, P. 100; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS RANGE FROM 6-30 IN. THICK. VEINS ARE OFFSET BY SEVERAL BARRON N40W FAULTS THAT ARE PARALLEL TO BEDDING. THE ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE CONTAIN SEVERAL SILLS OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY AND DACITE PORPHYRY, WHICH CONTAIN QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE CONTAINS THIN PARALLEL BANDS OF FINELY DIVIDED SULFIDES.
Deposit 15 PATENTED CLAIMS, SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS IN MOEN (1969, P. 101). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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