Mine detail: Saginaw Prospect

Previously called 'Patented Claims: SaginawSaginaw No. 2Northern LightTitabawasse'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.96009, -121.62652

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary: Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDE MINERALS
Discovery year: 1901

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Chilliwack Formation;Chilliwack Formation
Associated type:Limestone
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSM700084
DEP10104139
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 179.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 91-93.}{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.