The Glacier Mine is a copper mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.89556, -121.91528
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Glacier Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Mine
Secondary: Midas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mt. 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Glacier Mining Co., Seattle, Wash.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1951
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PICKED SAMPLES REPORTEDLY ASSAY AS MUCH AS 8% CU, AVERAGE VALUE REPORTED TO BE $10 PER TON. SEVERAL COPPER RICH BOULDERS ASSAYED 4.59% CU, 0.02 OZ AU, AND 0.89 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CRUSHED ZONE IN SCHIST 4 TO 5 FT WIDE CONTAINS LARGE CHUNKS OF NEARLY SOLID PYRITE, SURROUNDED BY A CRUSHED SCHIST AND CLAY, NOMEROUS QUARTZ AND CALCITE STRINGERS ALSO PRESENT. LARGE BOULDERS OF PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR AS FLOAT.
Comment (Development): COMPANY EXPLORED TO FIND SOURCE OF CU BEARING BOULDERS, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ONLY LIMITED EXPLORATION AND ASSESSMENT WORK HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN SINCE 1954.
Comment (Workings): 1,670 FT OF UNDERGROUND DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 1,280 FT OF DOZER TRENCHING, AT LEAST 1500 FT OF DIAMAND CORE DRILLING. 3 ADITS.
Comment (Deposit): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AVAILABLE, MOEN, 1967. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE CHALCOPYRITE BEARING BOULDERS AND COBBLES ON THE SUREACE OF SEVERAL CLAIMS MAY HAVE ORIGINATED AS REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN UNDERLYING ARGILLITE, HOWEVER, EXPLORATION WORK HAS FAILED TO REVEAL ANY SIZABLE BODIES OF ORE SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND AS FLOAT ON THE SURFACE THE GENERAL APPEARANCE OF MUCH OF THE TERRAIN RESEMBLES A LANDSLIDE AREA IF THE SURFACE MATERIAL IS LANDSLIDE DEBRIS, THE COPPER BEARING BOULDERS MAY HAVE ORIGINATED FROM SOME PLACE OTHER THAN THE IMMEDIATE AREA OF THE CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): 100 FT S OF HIGHWAY 542. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
Comment (Production): 4.5 TONS OF ORE, CONSISTING OF PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE BOULDERS, SENT TO TACOMA SMELTER.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, WAYNE S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 85
Reference (Production): MOEN, 1966
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 105-106
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