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White Salmon Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047823
MRDS ID M700109
Record type Site
Current site name White Salmon Prospect
Related records 10253305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.66235, 48.85009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 MI NORTHWEST OF MT. SHUKSAN SUMMIT; ABOUT 1,000 FT NORTH OF IRON CAP CLAIM. ABOUT 1.2 MI SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT BAKER LODGE, Estimated From Map And Description In Moen

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shuksan Arm(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 039N 009E 20 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON NORTHEAST SLOPE OF SHUKSAN ARM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.66235, 48.85009
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED IN SHEAR ZONE

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

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, CAVED

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. 95.

  • 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 SHEAR ZONES. PYRITE OF THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE A BORDER PHASE OF THE PYRITIZED ZONE THAT OCCURS AT THE IRON CAP CLAIM. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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