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Golden Arrow Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047761
MRDS ID M700039
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Arrow Mine
Alternate or previous names Tacoma Mine, Claims: Golden Arrow Nos. 1 and 2, Park Creek Placer
Related records 10056231, 10156526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71759, 48.75371 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WINDY PASS

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 34 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. WEST SIDE OF BONITA CREEK, 4500 FT ABOVE JUNCTION WITH SLATE CREEK.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization Of Wall Rock

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDE BANDS: 2 OZ/TON AU, 2.5 OZ/TON AG. SECOND VEIN SHOWED TR AU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, 0.5% CU. AU VALUES RAN TR-$34/TON

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71759, 48.75371
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type of structure Local
Structure description Parts Of Vens Are Brecciated. Local Faulting Disrupts Veins

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
    Strike N 60 E; N 70 E
    Dip 50 NW; 38-52 N
    Thickness 0.71M
  • General form VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
    Strike N 60 E; N 70 E
    Dip 50 NW; 38-52 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer G.C. Mathews, Et Al.
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Walter Gourlie, E. H. Spafford, Seattle, Washington

Comments on the production information

  • 10-TON TEST SHIPMENT NETTED $60/TON

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 350.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, A 500 FT CROSSCUT, AND RAISE.

Comments on development

  • MINE OPERATED IN EARLY 1900'S, AND FROM 1951 TO 1953.

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. 179.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 108-109.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 556.

  • 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, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS. GOLDEN ARROW VEIN IS 6-24 IN. THICK, CONTAINS SOME FREE GOLD, TERMINATES AGAINST FAULT. SECOND VEIN IS 6-28 IN. THICK, AVERAGE 2 FT THICK.
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; 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

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