Tripod Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095759
MRDS ID M700103
Record type Site
Current site name Tripod Prospect
Related records 10131577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7176, 48.75649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.2 MI SOUTHEAST OF TAMARACK PEAK, Estimated On Prospect Symbol East Of Bonita Creek North Of Mammoth Mine Location Based On Map In Moen

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasayten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(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

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 038N 017E 34 NE4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ADJOINS MAMMOTH CLAIM ON NORTH, ALONG BONITA CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN ASSAYED 0.28 OZ/TON AU, 0.58 OZ/TON AG

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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Rock description Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7176, 48.75649

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 45 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shafer, Alan
    Home office Winthrop, Wa
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shafer, Jr., S. W.
    Home office Winthrop, Wa
    First year 1969
  • Type Owner
    Owner Duffy, Paul
    Home office Winthrop, Wa
    First year 1969

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED 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, V. 1, P. 179.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 122.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 FT QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINS -2 IN. GOUGE SEAM ON FOOTWALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.