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Minnesota Mine

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047787
MRDS ID M700067
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Mine
Alternate or previous names Seattle-St. Louis Mine
Related records 10056234, 10278227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.8426, 48.72926 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position ABOUT 2.85 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF CADY PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Azurite 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 016E 02 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 2000 FT DOWNSTREAM FROM JUNCTION OF MILL AND CANYON CREEKS, APPROXIMATELY 100 FT ABOVE CREEK LEVEL ON NORTH SIDE OF CANYON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.26 OZ/TON AU, 6.12 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 > 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) -120.8426, 48.72926
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer W. F. Voight
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1913

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Pasayten Wilderness Area In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Seattle-St. Louis Mining Co.
    First year 1990
  • Type Owner
    Owner Seattle-St. Louis Gold Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD ORE WAS MILLED IN 1911-1913 AT A RATE OF 20 TONS/DAY. AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • IN 1908 A 4-STAMP MILL WAS ERECTED. NO SHIPMENTS MADE AS OF 1918. EXPLORATION OF VEIN SYSTEM UNDERWAY IN 1990

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. 112-113.

  • Deposit

    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 REPORT 90-18, P. 562.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 173.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS IN 6-24 IN. WIDE SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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