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

MRDS	M700084
DEP	10104139
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).}
Reporter	Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ), Peterson, Jocelyn A.