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Blonden Mine

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10047740
MRDS ID M700014
Record type Site
Current site name Blonden Mine
Alternate or previous names Goat Mountain Mine, Evergreen Group
Related records 10056223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.6443, 48.94037 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TWIN LAKES. 4 MI FROM SHIKSAN, 1 MI EAST OF SWAMP CREEK

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)

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 040N 009E 21,28 SW4 (21); NE4 (28) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON NORTH SLOPE OF GOAT MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ VEIN ASSAYED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 0.18 OZ/TON AG. OLD ASSAYS SHOW AS MUCH AS $1,000/TON AU FROM VEINS.

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite;Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite;Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.6443, 48.94037
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Host Rocks Are Sheared And Contorted

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEPLY SE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 137.16M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE BLUESCHISE FACIES METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1903
Production years 1902-1903

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

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

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD WAS FREE MILLED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 195.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, 300 FT APART. ONE ADIT IS 520 FT LONG, THE OTHER IS 120 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • SOME PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN 1902 AND 1903. PORTABLE ONE-STAMP MILL WAS USED ON SITE. THE MINE IS NOW PART OF THE EVERGREEN GROUP OF CLAIMS.

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. 176.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 79.

  • 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. 543.

  • 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).

  • Production

    MOEN, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN QUARTZ VEINS, 2-12 IN. THICK.
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700029

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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