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Lone Star Prospect

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10098697
MRDS ID M700061
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star Prospect
Related records 10156308

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.65818, 48.93314 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ON WILLOW CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO SWAMP CREEK, 1.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF TWIN LAKES. ABOUT 0.9 MI NORTHWEST OF SUMMIT OF GOAT MOUNTAIN, 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

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 20,29 SE4 (20) OF NE4 (29) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. HUNTTING INDICATES PROPERTY IS ON SWAMP CREEK. ON NORTH SLOP0E OF GOAT MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EARLY REFERENCES INDICATE PRESENCE OF SULFIDE MINERALS. LATER REFERENCES DO NOT MENTION THEM. SOME OF GOLD IS VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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 Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Rock description Easton Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.65818, 48.93314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Henry Ehlers And Others
Year of last production 1925

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker National Forest, Possibly Within Mount Baker Wilderness

Comments on the workings information

  • 68 FT ADIT, 20 FT ADIT IN 1901. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MAY EXIST, AS WORK ON THE PROPERTY CONTINUED UNTIL THE 1920'S.

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. 178.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89.

  • 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 QUARTZ VEIN

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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