Jim Mountain Prospect

The Jim Mountain Prospect is a iron mine located in Whatcom county, Washington.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Jim Mountain Prospect  

State:  Washington

County:  Whatcom

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 48.80139, -120.75444

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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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