The Church Mountain Deposit is a gold and iron mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 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
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Iron
Lat, Long: 48.91583, -121.85556
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Church Mountain Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Church Mountain Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO RANDOM SAMPLES OF ASSAYED 41.04 AND 45.48% FE2O3, ABOUT 8% OF THE SAMPLES WAS MAGNETITE. FERRUGINOUS ARGILLITE ASSAYED 29.42% FE, 0.264-0.397% P, 10.96% SIO2, 3.14% AL2O3, 16.56% CAO, TRACE MN, NIL S. VALUED AT $2.72/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Siderite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CHURCH MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS CLASSIFIED AS A FOSSIL PLACER DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. HOST ROCKS CONSIST OF JUR-CRET CALCAREOUS CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. SEVERAL BEDS OF THE SEQUENCE CONTAIN FOSSILS, PREDOMINANTLY BELEMNITES AND PELECYPODS. IRON MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED IN A SANDY ARGILLITE BED, IN PART CALCAREOUS, ABOUT 100 FT THICK. MINERALIZATION IS NOT UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE HOST BED
References
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. 204.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 74.
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