Mine detail: Golden Arrow Mine

Previously called 'Tacoma MineClaims: Golden Arrow Nos. 1 and 2, Park Creek Placer'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.75371, -120.71759

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1925
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons, Parts Of Vens Are Brecciated. Local Faulting Disrupts Veins
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Pyritization Of Wall Rock

References

MRDS	M700039
DEP	10047761
Reference	{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 179.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 108-109.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 556.}{Deposit:: STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Production:: MOEN, 1969}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.