The Evergreen Mine is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.94194, -121.64361
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Evergreen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evergreen Mine
Secondary: Claims: Evergreen Nos. 6-13
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Stone, Bellingham, Washington
Years: 1969 -
Owner Name: Evergreen Mines, Inc
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 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, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Wall Rock Adjacent To Veins Contains Kaolinite, Sericite, Fine-Grained Pyrite.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE FROM ONE OF LOWER ADITS ASSAYED 2.03% PB, 2.82% ZN, 1.08 OZ/TON AG, 0.02 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL ORE STRINGERS ARE 0.125-8 IN. THICK ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Workings): 3 SHORT ADITS, 25, 50, AND 20 FT LONG. 2 DRIFTS, 40 AND 30 FT.
Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCKS ARE DESCRIBED AS GREEN TO GRAY CALCAREOUS ARGILLITE AND CHLORITE SCHIST.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NEAR HEADWATERS OF SWAMP CREEK
Comment (Production): ABOVE VALUES FROM SMELTER. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Development): ORE SHIPPED TO TACOMA SMELTER IN 1938.
Comment (Deposit): 11 UNPATENTED CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS. SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS AVAILABLE IN MOEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700014
References
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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): 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. 548.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 83-84.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P 176.
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