Mine detail: Golden Arrow Mine

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

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Location: Whatcom County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.75371, -120.71759
dep_id: 10047761
mrds_id: M700039
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Arsenic, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
work_type: Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Pyritization Of Wall Rock
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation
hrock_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
Year first produced: 1925
yr_lst_prd: 1953
disc_yr: 1895
discr: G.C. Mathews, Et Al.
References:
  • 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
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