Molly Prospect

The Molly Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 2,001 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Molly Prospect
Secondary: Casselman Prospect
Secondary: Castleman. Claims: Big Gem
Secondary: Treasure

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District, Sulphide Basin Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In North Cascades National Park

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Inferred Fault Runs Through Deposit

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. BIG GEM CLAIM IS AT FOOT OF THIRD WATERFALL ON WELL-HOLE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO SULPHIDE CREEK. THE TREASURE CLAIM ADJOINS BIG GEM CLAIM ON WEST. ABOUT 2500 FT NORTH OF DEAD GOAT CLAIM

Comment (Development): ALTHOUGH MOLYBDENUM WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MINED IN 1898, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF MINING ON THE PROPERTY (MOEN)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO THAT AT DEAD GOAT CLAIM BUT NOT AS PROMISING

Comment (Geology): MOLYBDENUM MAY HAVE BEEN LEACHED FROM SOME OUTCROPS

Comment (Deposit): MOLY AND CASSELMAN MAY BE THE SAME PROPERTY. LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS ARE SIMILAR

References

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 72.

Reference (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).

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 274.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1909, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 77.

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