First Find & Ivanhoe Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047755
MRDS ID M700031
Record type Site
Current site name First Find & Ivanhoe Prospect
Related records 10156352

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7037, 48.75371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.6 MI SOUTHEAST OF TAMARACK PEAK, Estimated On Prospect Symbol 2500 Ft East Of Mammoth Mine Location

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 35 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ADJACENT TO BECK AND SHORT GRUB CLAIMS

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ON VEINS OF IVANHOE CLAIM SHOWED 0.16-0.22 OZ/TON AU, 0.22-1.12 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
    Rock unit name Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Rock description Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7037, 48.75371

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 80 N
    Thickness 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 Stuart S. Clark, Point Roberts, Wash.
    First year 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOUT 20 TONS OF ORE IS STOCKPILED NEAR THE PORTAL OF THE ADIT. ON THE FIRST FIND (LAIM.)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 55 FT DRIFT ON FIRST FIND CLAIM.

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. 119-120.

  • 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 A 30 IN. THICK QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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