Great Northern Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047769
MRDS ID M700047
Record type Site
Current site name Great Northern Prospect
Related records 10278483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7337, 48.73065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Relative position 3 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF HARTS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate 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 037N 017E 03 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH SIDE OF SLATE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS ONLY METALLIC MINERAL SEEN AT PROPERTY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF IRON-OXIDE STAINED BRECCIA: 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 0.70 OZ/TON AG. ASSAY OF MN-OXIDE STAINED BRECCIA: 0.01/TON OZ AU, 0.44 OZ/TON AG. RANDOM CHIP SAMPLES OF BRECCIA IN ADIT: TR AU, NO AG, 0.044% CU, 0.4% ZN

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harts Pass Group, Panther Creek Formation
    Rock description Harts Pass Group, Panther Creek Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7337, 48.73065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA ZONE
    Thickness 304.8M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS: WESTERNMOST ADIT HEADS S30E FOR 300 FT.

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. 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 DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FE AND MN OXIDE-STAINED BRECCIA ZONE NEARLY 4,000 FT LONG AND 1,000 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.