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Beebe and Swanson Prospect

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047736
MRDS ID M700010
Record type Site
Current site name Beebe and Swanson Prospect
Related records 10253850

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89982, 48.6976 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE CREEK GUARD STATION. ABOUT 2.6 MI NORTHEAST OF BEEBE MOUNTAIN, Estimated About 1 Mi Up Granite Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 037N 016E 20 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 1 MI UP GRANITE CREEK FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH RUBY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89982, 48.6976
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO RECENT GEOLOGIC MAPS ARE AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT FOLLOWING APLITE DIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN APLITE DIKE SUPPOSEDLY CARRIED VALUES IN AU, AG.

Reporter information

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

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