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Yellow Aster Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Nickel, Gold, Silver, Iron, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047827
MRDS ID M700113
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Aster Prospect
Related records 10132081

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.66985, 48.95398 (WGS84)
Elevation 1612
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1000 FT WEST OF GOLD RUN PASS. ABOUT 10 MI EAST OF GLACIER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Larrabee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 009E 17,20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF YELLOW ASTER BUTTE PARTLY ABOVE TREE LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnierite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.25-1.25% NI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 91
USGS model code 24b
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
Mark3 model number 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Yellow Aster Complex;Yellow Aster Complex
    Rock description Yellow Aster Complex;Yellow Aster Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.66985, 48.95398
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Local Shearing

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, VEIN
    Thickness 22.86M
    Length 853.44M
    Width 266.7M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK CONSISTS OF MASSIVE AND HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE THAT FORMS LARGE LENTICULAR BODIES IN GREENSTONE OF THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION. A TECTONIC EMPLACEMENT IS PRESUMED, AS THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION IS YOUNGER THAN THE YELLOW ASTER COMPLEX

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 Wilderness
Area name In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. C. Huntington, R. A. Griger
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 80 FT LONG, SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • FROM 1909-1918 PROPERTY WAS HELD AS UNPATENTED CLAIMS BY MOUNT BAKER GOLD, COPPER, & TIN CO. MORE RECENTLY, PROMISING OUTCROPS HAVE BEEN STAKED AND RESTAKED BY SEVERAL PARTIES; HOWEVER, LITTLE, IF ANY, EXPLORATION WORK WAS DONE.

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, P. 280.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 76.

  • 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 DEPOSIT IS IN SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK THAT CONTAINS GARNIERITE AND SPARSELY DISSEMINATED FINE-GRAINED PYRITE. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE HOSTS ORE

Reporter information

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

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