Gold Basin Mine

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047760
MRDS ID M700038
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Basin Mine
Related records 10056230, 10156716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.61541, 48.99092 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SKAGWAY PASS. 2 MI NORTHWEST OF JUNCTION OF WINCHESTER AND SILESIA CREEKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Sefrit(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 009E 06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NEAR RED MOUNTAIN MINE ON NORTHEAST SLOPE OF MT LARRABEE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 1.5-2.0 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.61541, 48.99092

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 5 E}
    Dip 70 W}
    Thickness 1.22M
  • General form VEIN
    Dip 70 W}

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1925

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 Owner
    Owner International Gold Mines, Ltd.
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • A CROSSCUT EXTENDS 200 FT INTO MOUNTAIN SIDE

Comments on development

  • IN EARLY 1900'S, A SMALL SINGLE-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT AND OPERATED. AFTER MILLING THE QUARTZ FLOAT AND BEING UNABLE TO FIND THE SOURCE VEIN, THE OWNERS HALTED OPERATIONS IN THE 1920'S. PROPERTY HAS BEEN RESTAKED BY SEVERAL PARTIES WHO HAVE UNDERTAKEN LITTLE EXPLORATION.

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. 177.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 85-86.

  • 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. 554.

  • 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

    MOEN, P. 86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ FLOAT. ONE VEIN CROPS OUT ON PROPERTY. THE TYPE OF LODE DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Deposit 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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