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Chancellor Group

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047747
MRDS ID M700021
Record type Site
Current site name Chancellor Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Indiana, Illinois, Ptarmigan, Chancellor
Related records 10302741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70287, 48.75621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.3 MI SOUTH OF BUFFALO PASS. ABOUT 6 MI NORTHWEST OF HARTS PASS BY ROAD, Accurate Within Claim Group

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)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 26,35 SW4 (26); N2 OF NE4 OF SE4 (35) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE PARTICLE OF FREE GOLD SEEN BY MOEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRANDVIEW ADIT: 0.33 OZ/TON AU, 3.25 OZ/TON AG. INDIANA ADIT: 0.67 OZ/TON AU, 2.75 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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70287, 48.75621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N63-90E
    Dip 45-80 NW
    Thickness 0.36M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WERE DEPOSITED BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Peter Bryan
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1939

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 Hyde, Frank D.
    Home office Berlin, Md
    First year 1969

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1935-1939
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 0.735 Oz/Ton Au, 3.48 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 98g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ALSO SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1903. BOTH INDIANA AND ILLINOIS MINES PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

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. 176.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 110-111.

  • 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. 546.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE M700019 AND M700020 FOR INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR ILLINOIS AND INDIANA MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700012, M700020
Deposit QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS FILL FRACTURES ALONG SHEAR ZONES. THICKNESS SHOWN IS OF SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

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

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