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: Whatcom County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.94481, -121.62068
dep_id: 10047781
mrds_id: M700060
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Copper, Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
Reporter: Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
hrock_type: Schist
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
Year first produced: 1902
yr_lst_prd: 1924
disc_yr: 1897
prod_yrs: 1902-1905, 1959-1918,
discr: R.S. Lambert, Jack Post, L.G. Van Valkenberg
References:
  • 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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