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Saginaw Prospect

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104139
MRDS ID M700084
Record type Site
Current site name Saginaw Prospect
Alternate or previous names Patented Claims: Saginaw, Saginaw No. 2, Northern Light, Titabawasse
Related records 10228595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62652, 48.96009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MI NORTH OF GOAT MOUNTAIN; ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTHEAST OF TWIN LAKES, Estimated From Map And Description In Moen

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Larrabee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sumas River(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)

Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 040N 009E 15 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ADITS ON STEEP NORTHWEST-FACING SLOPE ABOVE WINCHESTER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result PICKED SAMPLE GAVE 70% PB, 0.20 OZ/TON AU, 200 OZ/TON AG. OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.34-1.82 OZ/TON AU, 0.78-2.06 OZ/TON AG, TR-2.13% CU. AVERAGE VALUES SAID TO BE $6/TON AU+AG+CU.

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 Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDE MINERALS
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 70 S
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN TERTIARY DIORITE WHICH INTRUDES LIMESTONE AND TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE OF THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer L.A. Price

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Averill, Bellingham, Wash.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 207.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT ADIT WITH 200 FT OF CROSSCUTS, 76 FT ADIT WITH 31 FT CROSSCUT, TWO 36-FT ADITS, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

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. 179.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 91-93.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS 2 IN.-3 FT THICK IN 3.5 FT THICK LEDGE IN DIORITE
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS, 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SKETCH MAP AVAILABLE IN MOEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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