Mine detail: Silver Tip Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

48.90759, -121.63124

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Copper, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	DISSEMINATED ALONG SHEAR ZONES, LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES. QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS ASSUMED TO CONTAIN AU AND AG
Discovery year:	1896

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1943
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host rock:	Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite;Shuksan Metamorphic Suite, Darrington Phyllite
Host type:	Marble
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDS	M700089
DEP	10047805
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.