Boundry Red Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Bismuth, Copper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204447
MRDS ID SP00547
MAS/MILS ID 0530730155
Record type Site
Current site name Boundry Red Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Boundry Red Mountain/Red Mountain, Red Mountain
Related records 10056224

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.63264, 48.99481 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 040 N 009 E 04 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.63264, 48.99481

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Basin Mining And Development Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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