Power House Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047794
MRDS ID M700076
Record type Site
Current site name Power House Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Iron Cap, Minnehaha, Falling Water, Nooksack, Weels Creek
Related records 10302625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.8093, 48.90564 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI EAST OF GLACIER. 45 MI FROM BELLINGHAM. ABOUT 1 MI WEST OF PINUS LAKE, Estimated Just North Of Confluence Of Wells Creek And North Fork Nooksack River. Location Is Probably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 008E 31,32 SE4 (31) OF SW4 (32) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. AT CONFLUENCE OF WELLS CREEK AND NORTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result TO SEVERAL DOLLARS/TON AU+AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Wells Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Wells Creek Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Jurassic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Puget Power And Light Co
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT ADIT, 60 FT ADIT

Comments on development

  • THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PAST MINING (MOEN)

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. 90.

  • Deposit

    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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITIZED ANDESITE CROPS OUT ON SEVERAL CLAIMS AND CONTAINS SPORADIC AU AND AG. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit 5 PATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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