Golden Arrow Mine

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

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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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