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Evergreen Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047753
MRDS ID M700029
Record type Site
Current site name Evergreen Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Evergreen Nos. 6-13

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.64485, 48.94175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MI NORTHEAST OF SILVER FIR CAMPGROUND; ABOUT 0.6 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF TWIN LAKES, Accurate Within Mine Area, Accurate Within Mine Area

Site location context

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)

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)

Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009E 21 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NEAR HEADWATERS OF SWAMP CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Adjacent To Veins Contains Kaolinite, Sericite, Fine-Grained Pyrite.

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM ONE OF LOWER ADITS ASSAYED 2.03% PB, 2.82% ZN, 1.08 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.64485, 48.94175
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN, DISSEMINATED
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE HOST ROCKS ARE DESCRIBED AS GREEN TO GRAY CALCAREOUS ARGILLITE AND CHLORITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer Blonden Brothers
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Evergreen Mines, Inc
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Stone, Bellingham, Washington
    First year 1969

Comments on the production information

  • ABOVE VALUES FROM SMELTER. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT ADITS, 25, 50, AND 20 FT LONG. 2 DRIFTS, 40 AND 30 FT.

Comments on development

  • ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1938.

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, P 176.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 83-84.

  • Deposit

    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. 548.

  • 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).

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 11 UNPATENTED CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS. SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS AVAILABLE IN MOEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700014
Deposit SMALL ORE STRINGERS ARE 0.125-8 IN. THICK ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

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

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