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Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047746
MRDS ID M700020
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group
Alternate or previous names Chancellor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70342, 48.75649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MI SOUTHEAST OF TAMARACK PEAK, Accurate? Location Given Is Northwestern Adit Symbol Shown For Chancelor Group

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasayten Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 038N 017E 26,35 SW4 (26); N2 (35) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Analytical data

Result AN ASSAY ON THE MAIN VEIN SHOWED 0.33 OZ/TON AU, 3.25 OZ/TON AG. THE VEIN FOLLOWED BY THE UPPER ADIT CONTAINS 0.67 OZ/TON AU, 2.75 OZ/TON AG.

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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Rock description Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70342, 48.75649
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Faults

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N63-90E
    Dip 45-80N
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS WERE DEPOSITED BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Peter Bryan
Year of first production 1903
Year of last production 1940

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hyde, Frank D.
    Home office Berlin, Md
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hyde, Frank D.
    Home office Berlin, Md

Production statistics

  • Year 1939
    Period 1935-1939
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 0.735 Oz/Ton Au, 3.48 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Silver Silver 98g/mt
    Major Ore Gold Gold 21g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LEVELS, 250 FT APART, LOWER ADIT HAS 800 FT OF WORKINGS, UPPER ADIT IS 135 FT LONG. SKETCH MAP OF MINE WORKINGS IN MOEN (1969).

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. 110-111.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULETIN 37, V.1, P. 176.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESORCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 546.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1;100,000.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700021
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS ARE CONTAINED IN SEVERAL SHEAR ZONES; OTHER SHEAR ZONES OFFSET VEINS. MAIN VEIN CONTAINS CALCITE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Reporter information

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

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