The Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group is a silver and gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.75667, -120.70222
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Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group
Secondary: Chancellor Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hyde, Frank D.
Home Office: Berlin, Md
Owner Name: Hyde, Frank D.
Home Office: Berlin, Md
Production
Year: 1939
Time Period: 1935-1939
Material type: ORE AU AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 0.735 Oz/Ton Au, 3.48 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1903
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: R
Description: Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AN ASSAY ON THE MAIN VEIN SHOWED 0.33 OZ/TON AU, 3.25 OZ/TON AG. THE VEIN FOLLOWED BY THE UPPER ADIT CONTAINS 0.67 OZ/TON AU, 2.75 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS ARE CONTAINED IN SEVERAL SHEAR ZONES; OTHER SHEAR ZONES OFFSET VEINS. MAIN VEIN CONTAINS CALCITE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DISSEMINATED PYRITE.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): 2 LEVELS, 250 FT APART, LOWER ADIT HAS 800 FT OF WORKINGS, UPPER ADIT IS 135 FT LONG. SKETCH MAP OF MINE WORKINGS IN MOEN (1969).
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS WERE DEPOSITED BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700021
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956
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): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESORCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 546.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULETIN 37, V.1, P. 176.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 110-111.
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