Location: | Whatcom County, Washington, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 48.90759, -121.63124 |
dep_id: | 10047805 |
mrds_id: | M700089 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
Minor mineral: | Copper, Lead, Zinc |
Trace mineral: | Arsenic |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Contact Metasomatic |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite |
gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
orebody_fm: | DISSEMINATED ALONG SHEAR ZONES, LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES. QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS ASSUMED TO CONTAIN AU AND AG |
work_type: | Underground |
model: | 59: Skarn Cu |
ore_ctrl: | Shear Zone |
Reporter: | Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A. |
hrock_unit: | Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite;Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite |
hrock_type: | Marble |
tectonic: | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
Year first produced: | 1943 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1949 |
disc_yr: | 1896 |
discr: | H.C. Wells |
References: |
- Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 93-94.
- Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 106.
- 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 REPORT 90-18, P. 568.
- Production:: MOEN, 1966; HUNTTING, 1956
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