Verona Prospect

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048029
MRDS ID M700437
Record type Site
Current site name Verona Prospect
Alternate or previous names Galena Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.6693, 48.87092 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTHEAST OF MOUNT BAKER LODGE, 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 009E 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSUEVEYED. ON STATE HIGHWAY 254 NEAR GALENA CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ONE ASSAY SHOWED 0.21 OZ/TON AU, 1.0 OZ/TON AG, 14.5% PB. PYRITIZED ROCK SHOWED 0.02 OZ/TON AU, 10.38 OZ/TON AG. $10-20/TON REPORTED.

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) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Chilliwack Formation, Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Herman
    Rock description Chilliwack Formation, Volcanic Rocks Of Mt. Herman
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.6693, 48.87092

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK DESCRIBED AS FRACTURED GREEN ANDESITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Mount Baker National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mount Baker Mining And Milling Co., Bellingham, Wash.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 44.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT ADIT WITH 20 FT DRIFT, 60 FT ADIT

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. 95.

  • 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 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FRACTURE FILLINGS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND FE OXIDES UP TO 6 IN. THICK. AURIFEROUS PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED OR PRESENT AS ILL-DEFINED STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.