Mine detail: Dead Goat Prospect

Previously called 'Sulphide Creek Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.79343, -121.55067

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN, STOCKWORK
Discovery year:	1967

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shiksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Hannegan Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Plagioclase Of Diorite Has Been Altered To Kaolinite And Sericite, And Some Of Biotite Has Been Altered To Chlorite; Silicification Of The Diorite Has Also Taken Place.

References

MRDS	M700026
DEP	10047750
Reference	{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 77-78.}{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. 71-72.}{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).}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.