Ribbon Claim

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Arsenic, Chromium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10181332
MRDS ID SP00568
MAS/MILS ID 0530730003
Record type Site
Current site name Ribbon Claim
Alternate or previous names Ribbon, Indiana, Chancellor Ptarmigan, Washington Chrome Co. - 0530730393
Related records 10093099

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -121.95544, 48.71371 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Sisters Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(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 037 N 007 E 07 C W2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.95544, 48.71371

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N26E
    Dip 78W
    Thickness 0.5M
    Length 6M
    Width 2.7M
    Area 17HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N26E:78W
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 17
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Washington Chromium Co.
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PGQ-MATRIX INSUFFICIENT DATA RECORD 080 COLMNS 35-75 INSUFFICIENT DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAUDETTE, H.E., GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TWIN SISTERS

  • Deposit

    ULTRAMAFIC BODY, WASHINGTON, UNPUB. THESIS, UNIV. OF

  • Deposit

    ILLINOIS, 1953.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 42.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 57, 1969, TABLE 19, P. 68.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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