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Red Bird Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Zinc
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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 10048009
MRDS ID M700404
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Red Bird Group Nos. 1-7
Related records 10278147

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.89375, 48.92314 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position ABOUT 3.3 MI NORTHEAST OF GLACIER, 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

Glacier(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 007E 27,28 NE4 OF SE4 (28); NW4 OF SW4 (27) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEADWATERS OF COAL CREEK, ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CHURCH MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF VEIN AND STOCKPILE: WEST END (42 IN.) - 7.21% CU, TR GOLD
Result MIDDLE (14 IN.) - 5.85% CU, TR GOLD
Result EAST END (12 IN.) - 6.62% CU, TR GOLD, STOCKPILE - 8.45% CU, TR GOLD.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.89375, 48.92314
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Church Mountain Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, DISSEMINATED
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 35 NW
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 10.06M

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 Operator
    Owner Texas Gulf Sulfur
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Baker, Newton
    Home office Forks, Wa
    First year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lynn, Oliver
    Home office Goshen, Wa
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS, 33 FT TRENCH

Comments on development

  • MOST OF THE WORK HAS BEEN ON RED BIRD NO. 7 CLAIM, WHERE SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS EXPOSE VEINS. IN 1957 AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DIAMOND DRILL THE VEIN, BUT ALL HOLES WERE SHALLOW AND LITTLE DATA WAS GAINED.

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. 91.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 25.

  • 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 CU-BEARING FISSURE VEINS, FROM <1-42 IN., ARE PRESENT IN ARGILLITE OF THE CHILLIWACK GROUP. FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IS ALSO DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK.
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS. AS OF 1966, NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED, ALTHOUGH ABOUT 20 TONS OF ORE FROM VEIN MATERIAL, MINED DURING TRENCHING OPERATIONS, IS STOCKPILED THERE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

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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