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Old Discovery Placer

Past Producer 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104159
MRDS ID MP00126
Record type Site
Current site name Old Discovery Placer
Alternate or previous names Boulder Placer, New Discovery, Ruby Bar
Related records 10056236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87871, 48.71538 (WGS84)
Elevation 648

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Mountain(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 037N 016E 09 S2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON RUBY CREEK BETWEEN BOULDER CREEK AND PETE MILLER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result TR-$0.03/YD (1971 PRICES)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE "OLD DAYS"

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 10,000 YD OF BENCH GRAVEL REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 565.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 192.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

  • Reserve-Resource

    DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD IS FOUND IN OLD STREAM CHANNELS ABOVE PRESENT STREAM LEVEL. COARSE GOLD WAS FOUND IN POCKETS ON BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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