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Alvic Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048010
MRDS ID M700405
Record type Site
Current site name Alvic Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.6618, 48.95314 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 900 FT EAST OF GOLD RUN PASS; ABOUT 0.6 MI EAST OF SUMMIT OF YELLOW ASTER BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Larrabee(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)

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 21 NW4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON CREST OF RIDGE THAT EXTENDS FROM GOLD RUN PASS TO WINCHESTER MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite Is Greatly Sheared And Altered

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.6618, 48.95314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Thickness 0.03M
    Length 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Along Major Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Alfred Moore

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 Moore, Alfred
    Home office Seattle, Wa

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PROSPECT DIGGINGS, 150 FT APART. HOLE INTO CLIFF FACE EXPOSES A THIN VEINLET OF BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; SHALLOW SHAFT IS IN SPARSELY METALIZED DACITE TUFF, WITH ORE MINERALS ALONG SHEAR ZONES.

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. 78-79.

  • 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 DEPOSIT IS ON A NORTH-FACING NEARLY VERTICAL CLIFF. THIN VEINLETS ALONG SHEAR ZONES AVERAGE 1 IN. THICK. SULFIDE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN VEINLETS

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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