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Glacier Mine

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047759
MRDS ID M700035
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Mine
Alternate or previous names Midas Mine
Related records 10229119

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.91653, 48.89537 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES E OF GLACIER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glacier(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 007E 4,5,8,9 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 100 FT S OF HIGHWAY 542. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PICKED SAMPLES REPORTEDLY ASSAY AS MUCH AS 8% CU, AVERAGE VALUE REPORTED TO BE $10 PER TON. SEVERAL COPPER RICH BOULDERS ASSAYED 4.59% CU, 0.02 OZ AU, AND 0.89 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.91653, 48.89537
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CHALCOPYRITE BEARING BOULDERS AND COBBLES ON THE SUREACE OF SEVERAL CLAIMS MAY HAVE ORIGINATED AS REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN UNDERLYING ARGILLITE, HOWEVER, EXPLORATION WORK HAS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY SIZABLE BODIES OF ORE SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND AS FLOAT ON THE SURFACE THE GENERAL APPEARANCE OF MUCH OF THE TERRAIN RESEMBLES A LANDSLIDE AREA IF THE SURFACE MATERIAL IS LANDSLIDE DEBRIS, THE COPPER BEARING BOULDERS MAY HAVE ORIGINATED FROM SOME PLACE OTHER THAN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE CLAIMS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Mt. Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glacier Mining Co., Seattle, Wash.

Comments on the production information

  • 4.5 TONS OF ORE, CONSISTING OF PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE BOULDERS, SENT TO TACOMA SMELTER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1,670 FT OF UNDERGROUND DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 1,280 FT OF DOZER TRENCHING, AT LEAST 1500 FT OF DIAMAND CORE DRILLING. 3 ADITS.

Comments on development

  • COMPANY EXPLORED TO FIND SOURCE OF CU BEARING BOULDERS, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ONLY LIMITED EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN SINCE 1954.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, WAYNE S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 85

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 105-106

  • Production

    MOEN, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AVAILABLE, MOEN, 1967. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit CRUSHED ZONE IN SCHIST 4 TO 5 FT WIDE CONTAINS LARGE CHUNKS OF NEARLY SOLID PYRITE, SURROUNDED BY A CRUSHED SCHIST AND CLAY, NOMEROUS QUARTZ AND CALCITE STRINGERS ALSO PRESENT. LARGE BOULDERS OF PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR AS FLOAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

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