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Pierce Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047793
MRDS ID M700075
Record type Site
Current site name Pierce Prospect
Alternate or previous names Copper Queen Mine, Claims: Pierce Nos. 1 and 2, Copper Queen Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.49234, 48.88649 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 7 MI NORTHEAST OF MT. SHUKSAN SUMMIT; ABOUT 0.9 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF EGG LAKE, 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

Copper Mountain(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

North Cascades National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 010E 10 N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LANDES AND OTHERS LOCATE THIS IN SILICA CREEK. HUNTTING LOCATES IT ON SILESIA CREEK. THESE ARE POSSIBLY THE SAME CREEK BY DIFFERENT NAMES. HOWEVER, MOEN INDICATES LOCATION IS MOST PROBABLY ON COPPER CREEK, THE LOCATION USED HERE. IN NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN AVERAGES 0.6 OZ AU/TON

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Chilliwach Composite Batholith
    Rock description Chilliwack Composite Batholith;Chilliwach Composite Batholith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.49234, 48.88649
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1889
Discoverer Charles Wilson And Others

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT SHAFT, 40 FT SHAFT, 60 FT ADIT

Comments on development

  • IN 1900 PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED WITH 2 SHAFTS AND TUNNEL

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. 179.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 83.

  • 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 3-FT-THICK GOLD-BEARING VEIN HAS BEEN TRACED FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.

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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