Gold Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047762
MRDS ID M700040
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Northern Cascade, Peterson, Sandusky, Iron Mountain
Related records 10093095, 10277906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80899, 48.66899 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775
Relative position ABOUT 2.9 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF AZURITE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Azurite Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(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

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 037N 016E 36 E2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH AU, AG, PB, ZN ASSAYS REPORTED BY GOLD HILL MINING CO. IN 1937, BUT BENNETT IN 1939 FAILED TO FIND HIGH-GRADE ORE. ASSAYS OF "B" LEVEL AVERAGED 0.015 OZ/TON AU, TR AG. ASSAYS OF "A" LEVEL SHOWED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 0.10-4.88 OZ/TON AG, LITTLE (IF ANY) PB

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Golden Horn Batholith;;;
    Rock description Golden Horn Batholith;;;
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Jack Mountain Phyllite;Jack Mountain Phyllite;Jack Mountain Phyllite
    Rock description Jack Mountain Phyllite;Jack Mountain Phyllite;Jack Mountain Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80899, 48.66899

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northwestward Trending Asymmetrical Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike E-W, N 50 E, N 10 W
    Dip N, N40-72W
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE AREA NEAR MINE HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY GOLDEN HORN BATHOLITH AND ALSO CONTAINS FELSITE, APLITE, AND ANDESITIC DIKES AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer H.I. Ballard, And Others

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerals Technology Coorporation, Minneapolis
    First year 1967

Comments on the production information

  • 1.8 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO BUNKER HILL & SULLIVAN MINING AND CONCENTRATING CO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 20 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 334.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 106-108.

  • 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. 555.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTOMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 176.

  • Production

    MOEN, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN SEVERAL WELL-DEVELOPED SHEAR ZONES 2-8 FT THICK IN ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE. ATTITUDES ARE OF SHEAR ZONES. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 4 MAIN LODES AND SEVERAL CROSS LEADS. THE IRON MOUNTAIN, GENEVIEVE, AND GOUGE LODES TREND E-W. THE VIRGINIA LODE TRENDS N-S. LODES ARE CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SOME OF MAIN LODES OF AZURITE GROUP. IRON MOUNTAIN LODE IS 5-7 FT THICK WITH QUARTZ (BLUISH-GRAY TO WHITE OR RUST COLOR), TALC, AND SOME CALCITE. OXIDIZED PART OF LODE IS 700 X 200 FT AND CONTAINS TWO LEADS. MAIN LEAD IS 5-15 FT THICK; OTHER TWO ARE 30-36 IN. THICK. GENEVIEVE LODE (CONTINUOUS WITH MAIN TREND OF MONSTER LODE OF AZURITE GROUP) IS A QUARTZ MATRIX WITH SILVER AND GOLD IN SULFIDES. GOUGE LODE TO THE NORTH IS SIMILAR; THE VEIN IS 4-30 FT THICK. VIRGINIA LODE IS 3.5-5 FT THICK WITH WELL-DEFINED WALLS; VEIN FILLING IS RUSTY AND WHITE QUARTZ WITH FINE SULFIDES.
Deposit PLAN MAP OF ADITS, AVAILABLE, MOEN, 1967. 40 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 2 MILLSITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001671 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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