B,C, & M Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10047733
MRDS ID	M700006
Record type	Site
Current site name	B,C, & M Prospect
Related records	10278317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-120.88982, 48.68926 (WGS84)
Elevation	640
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	1.9 MI SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE CREEK GUARD STATION, ABOUT 2.1 MI NORTHEAST OF BEEBE MOUNTAIN, Estimated 2 Mi Up Granite Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Mountain(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	037N	016E	17	SE4	Washington

Comments on the location information

UNSURVEYED. 2 MI UP GRANITE CREEK, ABOUE JUNCTION WITH CANYON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Silver	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-120.88982, 48.68926	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form VEIN

General form	VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

NO RECENT GEOLOGIC MAP OF AREA IS AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

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 Berry, Clark, And Roger Mcrea

First year 1956

Type	Owner
Owner	Berry, Clark, And Roger Mcrea
First year	1956

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M700006

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. 176.
Deposit

MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 118.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-81	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAR-91	Peterson, Jocelyn A.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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