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Many Sisters Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047784
MRDS ID M700064
Record type Site
Current site name Many Sisters Prospect
Related records 10280607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.77152, 48.91675 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 8 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF TOWN OF GLACIER. ABOUT 2 MI NORTHEAST OF POWER PLANT, Estimated From Map And Description In Moen

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearpaw Mountain(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 040N 008E 33 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON EAST SIDE OF MANY SISTERS CREEK, 0.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN AVERAGES $2/TON AU+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 > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Nooksack Formation
    Rock description Nooksack Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.77152, 48.91675
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TABOR AND OTHERS SHOW AREA AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY WELLS CREEK VOLCANICS, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY THE LIKELIHOOD THAT NOOKSACK ROCKS ARE PRESENT IN THE VICINITY THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT THEIR MAP SCALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS CONNECTED BY 50-FT RAISE.

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. 89.

  • 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).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-18-IN.-WIDE QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN CONTAINING DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-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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