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North American 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 10047791
MRDS ID M700073
Record type Site
Current site name North American Mine
Alternate or previous names Velvet, Anoka, Claims: Anoka, Anoka Nos. 2, 4, Iron Cap, Columbia, Blizzard
Related records 10278055, 10093098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83704, 48.72065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 2.25 MI WEST 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 11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ABOUT 3000 FT SOUTH OF JUNCTION OF MILL AND CANYON CREEKS, BETWEEN BOULDER CREEK AND MILL CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE VEIN, 1-3 FT THICK, CONTAINED $3-7/TON AU ($20 GOLD)
Result ORE SHOOT ON COLUMBIA CLAIM HAD $75/TON AU ($20 GOLD)
Result ANOTHER ORE BODY, 7-20 FT THICK, AVERAGED $15/TON AU
Result GRAB SAMPLES OF QUARTZ FROM ORE DUMP AT MILL CONTAINED 0.04 OZ/TON AU, 2.52 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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • 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) -120.83704, 48.72065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jurassic-Cretaceous Fold And Thrust Belt

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROCKS IN AREA ARE FINE-GRAINED GRAY GELDSPATHIC SANDSTONE WITH MINOR SHALE THAT STRIKE N20-40W AND DIP 70-90NE. SMALL BODY OF EARLY TERTIARY GRANODIORITE INTRUDES ROCKS ON SOUTH END OF CLAIMS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer C.H. Clendenin, J. Siegfried
Year of last production 1910

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Velvet Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner John E. Wells, Tulsa, Okla.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED PERHAPS A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CROSSCUTS, 240 FT ADIT, 28 FT ADIT, 22 FT ADIT, 2 OTHER ADITS.

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. 178.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 116-117.

  • 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. 564.

  • 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 6 QUARTZ VEINS, MOST 1-3 FT THICK AND ONE 7-20 FT THICK, IN EAST-TRENDING SHEAR ZONES IN QUARTZITE.
Deposit 6 PATENTED 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-APR-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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