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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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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 10048537
MRDS ID MP00130
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.16789, 48.95176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MT. SPICKARD, Estimated From Map In Staatz And Others. Location Is Probably Accurate Within 250 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Spickard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(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 013E 18 CENTER OF W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON RIDGE BETWEEN SILVER AND PERRY CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY DATA ARE FOR THE WHOLE SERIES OF VEINS, NOT JUST THAT VEIN ON THE PROSPECT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7 SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.005-0.05 % CU, <0.003-0.003 OZ/TON AU. THE SAMPLE FROM THE PROSPECT ALSO CONTAINED 0.02% PB, 0.03 OZ/TON AG. A SAMPLE TO WEST ALSO CONTAINED 0.02% SN.

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Rock unit name Tonalite And Granodiorite Of Perry Creek, Part Of Chilliwack Batholith
    Rock description Tonalite And Granodiorite Of Perry Creek, Part Of Chilliwack Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Skagit Gneiss Complex
    Rock description Skagit Gneiss Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.16789, 48.95176
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEPLY
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 21.34M
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL VEINS EXCEPT THE ONE AT PROSPECT LIE WITHIN TONALITE AND GRANODIORITE OF PERRY CREEK. VEIN AT PROSPECT IS WITHIN ROOF PENDANT OF SKAGIT GNEISS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In North Cascades National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT ON EASTERNMOST VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BORWN, E.B., IN PREPARATION, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, DRAFT VERSION 2/12/93, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS. PROSPECT IS EASTERNMOST OUTCROP OF SERIES OF VEINS STRIKING N10-50E, DIPPING 80SE-75NW, RANGING FROM <1 IN.-10 FT THICK. EXPOSED LENGTHS OF VEINS ARE 20-70 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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