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Molly Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047744
MRDS ID M700018
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Casselman Prospect, Castleman. Claims: Big Gem, Treasure

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.55345, 48.79926 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF MT. SHIKSAN. ABOUT 1.4 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SULPHIDE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Shuksan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(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

North Cascades National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 010E 07 NW4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. BIG GEM CLAIM IS AT FOOT OF THIRD WATERFALL ON WELL-HOLE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO SULPHIDE CREEK. THE TREASURE CLAIM ADJOINS BIG GEM CLAIM ON WEST. ABOUT 2500 FT NORTH OF DEAD GOAT CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Inferred Fault Runs Through Deposit

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Inferred Fault?

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENUM MAY HAVE BEEN LEACHED FROM SOME OUTCROPS

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, Sulphide Basin Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Comments on development

  • ALTHOUGH MOLYBDENUM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MINED IN 1898, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MINING ON THE PROPERTY (MOEN)

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, V. 1, P. 274.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1909, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 77.

  • 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).

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT DEAD GOAT CLAIM BUT NOT AS PROMISING
Deposit MOLY AND CASSELMAN MAY BE THE SAME PROPERTY. LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS ARE SIMILAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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