| Deposit ID | 10048011 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M700406 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Chain Lakes Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.72041, 48.85592 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1457 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 1.75 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MT BAKER LODGE, Estimated Between Hayes And Iceberg Lakes |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Whatcom(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Shuksan Arm(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Whatcom |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 039N | 008E | 24 | NW4 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Marmatite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Result | SELECT SAMPLE GAVE 47.8% ZN, 11.3% FE, 1.6 OZ/TON AG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Herman | ||||
| Rock description | Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Herman | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -121.72041, 48.85592 |
|---|
| General form | DISSEMINATED |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mount Baker District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount Baker Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. H. P. Vevelstad, Seattle, Wash. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700406 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 382.
MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 82.
TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN., E.B., IN PREP, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, SCALE 1:100,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT TYPE IS UNKNOWN. DISSEMINATED MARMATITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND BORNITE ARE PRESENT OVER A 12-20 FT WIDTH AND A 300-400 FT LENGTH. HOST ROCK IS IRON-OXIDE STAINED. ALTHOUGH ORE MINERALS ARE GENERALLY SPARSE, SELECT SAMPLES AS MUCH AS 6 IN. IN DIAMETER CONSIST ALMOST WHOLLY OF MASSIVE MARMATITE AND PYRITE. |
| Deposit | 3 CLAIMS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-81 | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 12-JUN-95 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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