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Dead Goat Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047750
MRDS ID M700026
Record type Site
Current site name Dead Goat Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sulphide Creek Prospect
Related records 10254010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55067, 48.79343 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF MT. SHUKSAN; ABOUT 1.6 MI SOUTHEAST OF SULPHIDE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Shuksan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(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

North Cascades National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 010E 07 N2 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 3.5 MI NORTHEAST OF BAKER LAKE ON SOUTHWEST FLOWING TRIBUTARY TO SULPHIDE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Molybdite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Plagioclase Of Diorite Has Been Altered To Kaolinite And Sericite, And Some Of Biotite Has Been Altered To Chlorite; Silicification Of The Diorite Has Also Taken Place.

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS CONTACT ZONE OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND PHYLLITE CONTAINED 0.09 OZ/TON AG, TR AU. TWO OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.015, 0.03% MO, 0.04, 0.02% CU

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)
    Rock unit name Hannegan Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Hannegan Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shiksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shiksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.55067, 48.79343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, STOCKWORK
    Strike NORTHERLY BUT VARIABLE
    Dip 10-30E
    Thickness 0.05M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Diorite Is Well Jointed

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS BORDER PHASE OF CHILLIWACK BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1967
Discoverer Lester Mccullough, Of Everson, Ben Hinkle Of Bellingham, Clarence Keplinger Of Van Zandt.

Mining district

District name Sulphide Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Mccullough, Ben Hinkle, Clarence Keplinger
    First year 1969

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 77-78.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 71-72.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCKWORK OF NUMEROUS STRINGERS AND VEINS OF QUARTZ, MANY OF WHICH CONTAIN MOLYBDENITE, SOME OF WHICH IS PRESENT IN MASSIVE SEAMS 3/4 IN. THICK

Reporter information

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

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