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Union Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048539
MRDS ID MP00132
Record type Site
Current site name Union Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55817, 48.8076 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF MT SHUKSAN; ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF SULPHIDE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Shuksan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

North Cascades National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 010E 06 NE4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. AT HEAD OF EAST FORK SULPHIDE CREEK. PROSPECT LIES WITHIN A BROAD MINERALIZED ZONE THAT CONTAINS SEVERAL CLAIMS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG AND AU DETECTED ELSEWHERE IN BROAD MINERALIZED AREA BUT NOT AT THIS PROSPECT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Prospect Is In Large Oxidized Area Containing Disseminated Pyrite And Pyrrhotite

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS PYRITE RICH VEIN ASSAYED 0.015% CU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Curque, Chilliwack Composite Batholith
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Curque, Chilliwack Composite Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Greenschist
    Rock unit name Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite;Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite
    Rock description Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite;Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sulphide Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERSTON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BORWN, E.B., IN PREPARATION, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, DRAFT VERSION 2/12/93, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT ONE LOCATION A MASSIVE SULFIDE POD IS 3-10 IN. THICK AND 7 FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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