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Bald Mountain Mine

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047977
MRDS ID M700351
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.0718, 48.43564 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MI SOUTHEAST OF SEDRO-WOOLLEY; ABOUT 1 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN, Estimated On Ridge Top In Quarter Quarter Quarter Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 006E 17 SW4 OF SW4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF SUMMIT OF BALD MOUNTAIN. ACCESS IS BY ROAD AND TRAIL FROM CLEAR LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 30% CU, $3/TON AU (PROBABLY A HIGH-GRADE SAMPLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.0718, 48.43564
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N20E
    Dip 50SE
    Thickness 4.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS SCHIST AND SLATE CUT BY A LARGE DIORITE DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bald Mountain Mining Co.
    Home office Clear Lake, Wa.
    First year 1902

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 128.02M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60-FT, 50-FT SHAFTS; 420 FT CROSSCUT ADIT.

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. 75.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, P. 90.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE 16 FT WIDE IN SCHIST. VEINS ARE BADLY WEATHERED. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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