Mine detail: Whistler Lode

Previously called 'Canada Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.95761, -120.12563

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Tin, Zinc
Ore:	Pyrite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	VEIN
Discovery year:	1951

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Cathedral Batholith
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Oxidized Slightly, Kaolinized Locally

References

MRDS	MP00136
DEP	10048542
Reference	STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 97-98
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.