Mine detail: Silver Tip Mine

Previously called 'SilvertipClaims: Silver Tip Nos. 1-12'

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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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