The Jim Mountain Prospect is a iron mine located in Whatcom county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Jim Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jim Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Iron
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gamble, W. E.
Home Office: Seattle, Washington
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES SPECTOGRAPHED SHOWED 70-80% FES2.
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE VEINS OF PYRRHOTITE 12, 6, AND 4 FT THICK.
Comment (Location): LOCATION POSSIBLY IN SECTION 9, SAID TO BE REACHED FROM SLATE CREEK ROAD BY 5 MI. OF TRAIL UP CANYON CREEK, ON WEST SLOPE OF JIM MOUNTAIN. LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM DESCRIPTION. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, WAYNE S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 75, 120
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 204
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