Boulder Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Chromium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10092677
MRDS ID	M700407
Record type	Site
Current site name	Boulder Creek Prospect
Related records	10131910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-122.01792, 48.93981 (WGS84)
Elevation	457
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	ABOUT 3 MI NORTHEAST OF MAPLE FALLS., Estimated In Quarter Section On North Bank Of Boulder Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maple Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	040N	006E	22	SW4	Washington

Comments on the location information

ON NORTH BANK OF BOULDER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary
Iron	Tertiary
Chromium Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

CR REPORTED FROM MAPLE FALLS AREA IN HUNTTING, 1956

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Magnetite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore

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 Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-122.01792, 48.93981	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENSES

Thickness 0.3M

Length 1.52M

General form	LENSES
Thickness	0.3M
Length	1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Comments on development

UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FIND SOURCE OF ORE

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M700407

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 79.
Deposit

HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 40.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SMALL LENTICULAR BODIES OF CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE, ACCOMPANIED BY KIDNEY-SHAPED BODIES OF MAGNETITE IN SHEAR ZONE. STRIKE IS OF SHEAR ZONE. ALSO LARGE BOULDERS CONTAINING ORE HAVE BEEN FOUND IN BOULDER CREEK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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