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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095803
MRDS ID MP00134
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.54373, 48.81399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF MT. SHUKSAN; ABOUT 1.75 MI NORTHEAST 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 NEAR NE CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. AT CREST OF STEEP RIDGE EAST OF SULFIDE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Vein Is Stained With Iron Oxides

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS QUARTZ VEIN DID NOT YIELD ANY GOLD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

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 Cirque, Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Hannegan Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque, Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Hannegan Volcanic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite
    Rock description Shuksan Greenschist Of Easton Metamorphic Suite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.54373, 48.81399
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N5W
    Dip 15NE
    Thickness 0.24M
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROSPECT IS NEAR OUTCROPS OF TERTIARY INTRUSIVE AND VOLCANIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sulphide Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Overall length 2.44M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, 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. 74.

  • 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.

Reporter information

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

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