The Golden Arrow Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.75389, -120.71639
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Golden Arrow Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Arrow Mine
Secondary: Tacoma Mine
Secondary: Claims: Golden Arrow Nos. 1 and 2, Park Creek Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Slate Creek 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walter Gourlie, E. H. Spafford, Seattle, Washington
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1895
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: VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
Form: VEINS WITH PINCH AND SWELL FEATURES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type: L
Description: Parts Of Vens Are Brecciated. Local Faulting Disrupts Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization Of Wall Rock
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDE BANDS: 2 OZ/TON AU, 2.5 OZ/TON AG. SECOND VEIN SHOWED TR AU, 1.5 OZ/TON AG, 0.5% CU. AU VALUES RAN TR-$34/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 10-TON TEST SHIPMENT NETTED $60/TON
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. WEST SIDE OF BONITA CREEK, 4500 FT ABOVE JUNCTION WITH SLATE CREEK.
Comment (Development): MINE OPERATED IN EARLY 1900'S, AND FROM 1951 TO 1953.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS. GOLDEN ARROW VEIN IS 6-24 IN. THICK, CONTAINS SOME FREE GOLD, TERMINATES AGAINST FAULT. SECOND VEIN IS 6-28 IN. THICK, AVERAGE 2 FT THICK.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, A 500 FT CROSSCUT, AND RAISE.
Comment (Deposit): 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 108-109.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 556.
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Production): MOEN, 1969
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. 179.
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