Gold Basin Mine

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

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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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