| Deposit ID | 10047741 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boundary Red Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Red Mountain Mine, Boundary Red |
| Related records | 10056224 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.63152, 48.99509 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1448 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3 MI NORTH OF TWIN LAKES. 0.25 MI SOUTH OF CANADIAN BORDER |
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)
Sumas River(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N}041N | 009E}009E | 03}34 | NW4 (03); W2 (34) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | MINE RUN ORE AVERAGED $15/TON AU. ORE SHOOT 520 FT LONG, 26 IN. WIDE HAD AVERAGE VALUE OF 1.13 OZ/TON AU. GOLD FINENESS 936-946 |
|---|
| Model code | 273 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 36a |
| Deposit model name | Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein |
| Mark3 model number | 27 |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Composite Batholith |
| Rock description | Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Composite Batholith |
| (1) | -121.63152, 48.99509 |
|---|
| General form | VEINS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 14 E |
| Dip | 50 E TO VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 1371.6M |
| Width | 162.46M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Discoverer | C.W. Roth, Et Al |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| Year of last production | 1946 |
| District name | Mount Baker District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Boundary Red Mountain Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tom Bourn, Kitsap Lake, Wash., And John Wiatrick, Chicago |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Overall depth | 365.76M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700015 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 176.
MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 79-82.
PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 306-309.
GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 29,
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. 544.
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).
MOEN, P. 80
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FINELY DIVIDED GOLD IN QUARTZ VEINS, 6 IN.-10 FT THICK (AVG 3 FT). VEINS CROP OUT ON SURFACE AS FAR AS 900 FT ALONG STRIKE, BUT BECAUSE OF SEVERAL NORTH-TRENDING FAULTS, VEINS ARE NOT CONTINUOUS FOR MORE THAN 100 FT. AU IS DISTRIBUTED IRREGULARLY AND TENDS TO FOLLOW MICROBRECCIATED PARTS OF VEIN PARALLEL TO MARGINS OF MAIN VEIN. |
| Deposit | 6 PATENTED CLAIMS (SEE SKETCH MAP IN MOEN). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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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