Mine detail: Many Sisters Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.91675, -121.77152

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEIN

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Nooksack Formation
Host type:Phyllite
Structure:North-Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSM700064
DEP10047784
Reference{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89.}{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).}
ReporterCaress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.