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Goat Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104137
MRDS ID M700036
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mine
Alternate or previous names Claim: Mountain Goat
Related records 10056229

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.74982, 48.73121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position ABOUT 4.1 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF HARTS PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slate 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 33 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NOW PART OF SLATE CREEK GROUP. 2000 FT FROM JUNCTION OF SOUTH FORK SLATE CREEK AND SLATE CREEK. DISCREPANCY IN LOCATION IN REFERENCES; DERKEY PRESUMED ACCURATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS BY WESTERN GOLD MINING CO: 0.52-1.14 OZ/TON AU. ASSAY FROM MINE DUMP: TR AU, 0.02 OZ/TON AG. QUARTZ FROM FACE OF EAST DRIFT IN LOWER ADIT: TR AU, 0.08 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 > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Goat Creek Formation
    Rock description Goat Creek Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.74982, 48.73121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bleached And Iron-Oxide Stained Shear

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N10E; N70-80E
    Dip 75SE; VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
  • General form VEIN
    Strike N10E; N70-80E
    Dip 75SE; VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOAT CREEK FORMATION DEPOSITED AS TURBIDITY CURRENT AND SUBMARINE FANS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Otto L. Olsen And Others
Year of first production 1875

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 Western Gold Mining, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED, BUT PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED UPPER ADIT. LOWER ADIT, 250 FT LONG, HAS A RAISE OF 70 FT ALONG A VERTICAL VEIN. RAISE APPEARS TO CONNECT WITH UPPER ADIT

Comments on development

  • IN 1898, A 5-STAMP CYANIDE MILL WAS BUILT ON SLATE CREEK AND AN AERIAL TRAMWAY WAS EXTENDED 2000 FT FROM MINE TO MILL.

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, P. 177.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 106-107.

  • 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. 553.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 FT WIDE QUARTZ-BEARING SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING FLAKES OF MALACHITE, AND 9-18 IN. WIDE QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit GOAT CLAIM IS ONE OF 12 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE GOAT GROUP. SOME CLAIMS OF PRESENT GOAT GROUP ARE RELOCATIONS OF OLD CLAIMS AND SOME ARE NEWER CLAIMS STAKED BY NEW LIGHT GOLD MINING CO. IN 1931 AND 1935. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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