Mine detail: Silver Creek Prospect

Previously called 'Davis Prospect, RossClaims: Weezie Nos. 1-11'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.97288, -121.13344

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum, Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Epidote, Kaolinite, Orthoclase, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form: PODS, DISSEMINATED, VEINLETS
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Tonalite And Granodiorite Of Perry Creek
Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Volcanic Rocks Of Mount Rahm
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Some E-W Fracturing
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Host Rocks Are Bleached And Silicified

References

MRDSM700088
DEP10047804
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. 274.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 76-77.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, P. 87-88.}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 67-69.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 55-57.}{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.