Tooker-Lestrud Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047815
MRDS ID M700100
Record type Site
Current site name Tooker-Lestrud Prospect
Alternate or previous names Little Dutchman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.80374, 48.91009 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 7 MILES E OF GLACIER; ABOUT 0.5 MI EAST OF POWER PLANT, Estimated From Map And Description In Moen

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw 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 Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 008E 31 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 542 NEAR TOP OF WHAT IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS POWER HOUSE HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Andesite

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF PYRITIZED ROCK: AS MUCH AS 3 OZ/TON AG, AVG 0.05 OZ/TON AU

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Wells Creek Volcanics;Wells Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Wells Creek Volcanics;Wells Creek Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.80374, 48.91009

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dutchman Consolidated Mines, Glacier, Wash.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHORT ADIT, CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 75, 94.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37. P. 335.

  • 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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISEMINATED PYRITE AND MARCASIZE IN A ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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