The Illinois Mine, Chancellor Group is a silver and gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.75611, -120.70139
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Illinois Mine, Chancellor Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Illinois Mine, Chancellor Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Slate Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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 Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hyde, Frank D.
Home Office: Berlin, Md
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
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
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF QUARTZ IN DUMP: 0.30 OZ/TON AU, 18.54 OZ/TON AG. ANOTHER QUARTZ SAMPLE ASSAYED $350/TON AU + AG. ASSAYS OF VEIN REPORTED 5-600 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN RESEMBLES THAT FROM INDIANA AND GOLDEN ARROW MINES AND CONTAINS NARROW BLACK STRINGERS OF FINELY DIVIDED PYRITE, SPHALERITE, AND GALENA. SEVERAL VEINS ARE 3-6 FT WIDE WITH SLATE FOOTWALL AND PORPHYRY HANGING WALL. 600 FT N OF CABIN IS A 44 IN. VEIN OF MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ CONTAINING MARCASITE, MINOR SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE. AN ADIT FOLLOWS VEIN E FOR ABOUT 45 FT, WHERE VEIN PINCHES TO 14 IN. 300 FT S OF THIS VEIN IS A SIMILAR 10-IN. QUARTZ VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 400 FT CAVED ADIT, 45 FT ADIT, OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): HARTS PASS FORMATION WAS DEPOSITED AS TURBIDITY CURRENT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700021
References
Reference (Production): MOEN, W. S., 1969.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 109-110.
Reference (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. 546.
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