Mine detail: Lone Jack Mine

Previously called 'Mount Baker, Post-Lambert, Brooks-Willis, Boundary GoldPatented Claims: Lone Jack, Whist, Lulu, Jennie, Sidney, Jumbo,Mt Vernon'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.94481, -121.62068

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Bismuth
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS
Discovery year: 1897

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1902-1905, 1959-1918,
First production started: 1902
Last production ended: 1924

Geology

Host rock:Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
Host type:Schist
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM700060
DEP10047781
Reference{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 88-89.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 178.}{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 309.}{Deposit:: LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 80-81.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.O., 1902, THE MOUNT BAKER MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 73, NO. 11, P. 379-380.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE RPORT 90-18, P. 560.}{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).}{Production:: DERKEY AND OTHERS}
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