Bellingham Group

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277792
MRDS ID M700334
MAS/MILS ID 0530570012
Record type Site
Current site name Bellingham Group
Alternate or previous names Stein Claim, Plus 31 Unnamed Claims
Related records 10047964

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.93454, 48.62921 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036 N 007 E 05 S2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
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) -121.93454, 48.62921

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9999M
    Length 999999M
    Width 999999M
    Area 267HA
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 267
    Date of Last Modification 830217

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941

Mining district

District name Sisters

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner L. H. Cauffield,Others
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAUDETTE H E GEOCHEM TWIN S ULTRAMFC BODY WA UNPUBD THESIS V

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING WA DIV MINES GEOL BUL 371956

  • Deposit

    JAMES H L ET AL CR DEPS TWIN S MTWA USGS STRAT MIN INV MAP 1

  • Deposit

    MOEN MINES & MIN DEPS WHATCOM CO.WA WA DIV MINES GEOL BUL 57

  • Deposit

    RAGAN D M GEOL TWIN S DUNITE NORNCSCADES WA UNPUBD THESIS UW

  • Deposit

    SPANSKI G T GR TWIN S MTNS WA UNPBD THESIS V ILL 1963

  • Deposit

    ST JOHN RPT CR DEPS 3 LAKES AREA TWIN S RANGE WHATSKAGTT COS

  • Deposit

    SHINE MING CO CONFIDENTIAL RPT 1942 FILES USBM WFOC

  • Deposit

    WA STATE DIV GEOLEARTH RES UNPUBLISHED DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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