Glacier Mining Co. Claims

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094886
MRDS ID FS00034
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Mining Co. Claims
Alternate or previous names Glacier No. 1 - 10, Wedge, Paystreak, Midas No. 1, Bralorne
Related records 10093094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.91542, 48.89675 (WGS84)
Elevation 395
Relative position 1 MI EAST OF GLACIER RANGER STATION. ABOUT 1.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE MOUNTAIN

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 039N 007E 04,05,08,09 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite Is Altered

Analytical data

Result UNCONFIRMED ASSAYS SHOW WIDE RANGE OF VALUES FROM ADIT #1. BOULDERS ASSAYED 4.5% CU, 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 0.89 OZ/TON AG. HAND PICKED SAMPLES ARE REPORTEDLY AS HIGH AS 8% CU. AVERAGE VALUES ARE $10/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Nooksack Group
    Rock description Nooksack Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.91542, 48.89675

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Church Mountain Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description 4-5 Ft Wide Crushed Zone

Ore body information

  • General form BOULDERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Olla May Phoenix And Glacier Mining Co.
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glacier Mining Co.
    First year 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 509.02M
    Overall length 390.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THARP, J.A., 1961, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RED BIRD MINING CLAIMS, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: SEATTLE, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, B.S. THESIS, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 105-106.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 85.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 552.

  • Deposit

    GARRETT, C.R., 1965, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION VSW-04355, AUGUST 1965.

  • Deposit

    1952 DIREXPL DMEA LOAN - NEGATIVE. EXPLORATION OF IRON-BEARING GOSSAN

  • Deposit

    1963 OTHER FS EXAM - RECOMMENDED ADVERSE PROCEEDINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-MAY-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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