The Gold Basin Mine is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.99111, -121.61417
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Gold Basin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Basin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: International Gold Mines, Ltd.
Years: 1935 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS 1.5-2.0 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NEAR RED MOUNTAIN MINE ON NORTHEAST SLOPE OF MT LARRABEE
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): IN EARLY 1900'S, A SMALL SINGLE-STAMP MILL WAS BUILT AND OPERATED. AFTER MILLING THE QUARTZ FLOAT AND BEING UNABLE TO FIND THE SOURCE VEIN, THE OWNERS HALTED OPERATIONS IN THE 1920'S. PROPERTY HAS BEEN RESTAKED BY SEVERAL PARTIES WHO HAVE UNDERTAKEN LITTLE EXPLORATION.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FREE GOLD IN QUARTZ FLOAT. ONE VEIN CROPS OUT ON PROPERTY. THE TYPE OF LODE DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): A CROSSCUT EXTENDS 200 FT INTO MOUNTAIN SIDE
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 (Production): MOEN, P. 86
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. 554.
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. 177.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 85-86.
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