Hildebrand Lake Group

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Arsenic, Chromium, Iron
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204445
MAS/MILS ID 0530730006
Record type Site
Current site name Hildebrand Lake Group
Alternate or previous names Aswiseman Or Galbraith Group., Hildebrand Lake Group Also Known, Claim Names Are Joe,Amos,Andy,, Burton.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.93314, 48.70671 (WGS84)
Elevation 1277
Location accuracy 100(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 08 SWNESW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.93314, 48.70671

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9999M
    Length 999999M
    Width 999999M
    Area 33HA
    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 N40E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 33
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
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 Staked By A. C. Ross
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

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,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 1, P. 41.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 68.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIM GROUP ADJOINS THE NORTH SIDE OF HILDEBRAND LAKE ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN GREEN CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-OCT-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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