| Deposit ID | 10047781 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700060 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lone Jack Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mount Baker, Post-Lambert, Brooks-Willis, Boundary Gold, Patented Claims: Lone Jack, Whist, Lulu, Jennie, Sidney, Jumbo,, Mt Vernon |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.62068, 48.94481 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1478 |
| Relative position | 18 MI NORTHWEST OF WHATCOM PASS, ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHEAST OF TWIN LAKES; ABOUT 2.2 MI NORTHWEST OF MAMIE PASS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Whatcom(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Sefrit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sumas River(hydrologic unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)
Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 009E | 22,23 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AVERAGE TENOR OF ORE SAID TO BE $15-$35/TON AT $20.67/OZ AU. PICKED SAMPLES RAN AS HIGH AS $850/TON. WHIST VEIN ASSAYED 0.83 OZ/TON AU, 0.10 OZ/TON AG. DEPOSIT SAID TO AVERAGE ABOUT 2.5 OZ/TON. A 2-TON SMELTER TEST SAID TO HAVE NETTED $450. GOLD FINENESS 955 ASSUMING ALL OF SILVER IS CONTAINED IN GOLD |
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| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite | ||||
| Rock description | Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite | ||||
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| (1) | -121.62068, 48.94481 |
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| General form | VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10-20 W; E-W; N 10 E |
| Dip | 45 W; 8-60 S; 80 SE |
| Thickness | 2.74M |
| Length | 762M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| General form | VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10-20 W; E-W; N 10 E |
| Dip | 45 W; 8-60 S; 80 SE |
| General form | VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10-20 W; E-W; N 10 E |
| Dip | 45 W; 8-60 S; 80 SE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | R.S. Lambert, Jack Post, L.G. Van Valkenberg |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Year of last production | 1924 |
| Production years | 1902-1905, 1959-1918, |
| District name | Mount Baker District |
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| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. J. Cole, Maple Falls, Wash. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Harry Bullene, Bellingham, Wash. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Year | 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^.58 Oz/Ton Au, 0.024 Oz/Ton Ag | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 518.16M |
| Overall depth | 39.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700060 |
MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 88-89.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 178.
PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 309.
LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 80-81.
SMITH, G.O., 1902, THE MOUNT BAKER MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 73, NO. 11, P. 379-380.
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 RPORT 90-18, P. 560.
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).
DERKEY AND OTHERS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS WITH MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED IN SHOOTS. 3 MAIN VEINS TRACEABLE FOR 2500 FT: LONE JACK VEIN CROPS OUT FOR 500 FT AND IS 1-6 FT WIDE (AVG 2.5 FT); LULU VEIN IS A FEW INCHES TO 9 FT WIDE (AVG 6 FT); WHIST VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE. LONE JACK FEIN TERMINATES TO NORTH AGAINST FAULT |
| Deposit | HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS BLACK PHYLLITIC SCHIST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1981 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1991 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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