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Goat Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055388
MRDS ID S700037
Record type Site
Current site name Goat Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.63318, 48.93148 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2000 FT NW OF SUMMIT OF GOAT MTN.

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)

Sumas River(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 22,28 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE NI CONTENT IS 0.25%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.63318, 48.93148
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SMALL POCKET OF SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK, 150 FT. WIDE AND 100 FT LONG, IN PRE-JURASSIC PHYLLITE. IN THE SILICA CARBONATE ROCK, GREEN GARNIERITE OCCURS AS LENSES AND STRINGERS. HOWEVER, THE AVERAGE NICKEL CONTENT IS ONLY ABOUT 0.25%. THIS DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE NUMEROUS NICKEL-STAINED BOULDERS AND COBBLES THAT OCCUR ALONG THE BED OF SWAMP CREEK. MOST OF THE NICKEL-BEARING ROCK PROBABLY HAS BEEN REMOVED BY GLACIAL EROSION, AS THE DEPOSIT IS IN A CIRCUE BASIN THAT STILL CONTAINS ACTIVE GLACIERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

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