The Lone Jack Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,849 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.945, -121.61944
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Lone Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Jack Mine
Secondary: Mount Baker, Post-Lambert, Brooks-Willis, Boundary Gold
Secondary: Patented Claims: Lone Jack, Whist, Lulu, Jennie, Sidney, Jumbo,
Secondary: Mt Vernon
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Bullene, Bellingham, Wash.
Years: 1966 -
Owner Name: R. J. Cole, Maple Falls, Wash.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Year: 1924
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.58 Oz/Ton Au, 0.024 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Year Last Production: 1924
Discovery Year: 1897
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: VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS
Form: VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS
Form: VEIN WITH PINCH AND SWELL CHARACTERISTICS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE TENOR OF ORE SAID TO BE $15-$35/TON AT $20.67/OZ AU. PICKED SAMPLES RAN AS HIGH AS $850/TON. WHIST VEIN ASSAYED 0.83 OZ/TON AU, 0.10 OZ/TON AG. DEPOSIT SAID TO AVERAGE ABOUT 2.5 OZ/TON. A 2-TON SMELTER TEST SAID TO HAVE NETTED $450. GOLD FINENESS 955 ASSUMING ALL OF SILVER IS CONTAINED IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 400 FT ADIT WITH ORE SHOOT, MANWAY, RAISES; 680 FT ADIT WITH RAISE
Comment (Geology): WEST BOUNDARY OF CHILLIWACK BATHOLITH IS 1 MI EAST OF DEPOSIT. HOST ROCKS HAVE BEEN METAMORPHOSED TO BLUESCHIST FACIES
Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS BLACK PHYLLITIC SCHIST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NEAR HEAD OF WEST FORK OF SILESIA CREEK. HUNTTING INDICATES PART OF PROPERTY IS IN SE/4 SEC. 15
Comment (Development): ONE OF EARLIEST LOCATIONS IN DISTRICT. MINE BECAME THE MAIN GOLD PRODUCER IN THE COUNTY IN EARLY 1900'S UNTIL MILL BURNED IN 1907. OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1898 TO 1924 BY VARIOUS OWNERS AND LESSEES.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS WITH MINERALIZATION LOCALIZED IN SHOOTS. 3 MAIN VEINS TRACEABLE FOR 2500 FT: LONE JACK VEIN CROPS OUT FOR 500 FT AND IS 1-6 FT WIDE (AVG 2.5 FT); LULU VEIN IS A FEW INCHES TO 9 FT WIDE (AVG 6 FT); WHIST VEIN AVERAGES 2 FT WIDE. LONE JACK FEIN TERMINATES TO NORTH AGAINST FAULT
Comment (Production): ORE MINED FROM LULU VEIN PROIR TO 1924 VALUED AT $15-35/TON, AT $20,67 GOLD PRICES. BASED ON MINT RECEIPTS AND VOLUME OF QUARTZ MINED, VALUE OF ORE FROM LONG JACK VEIN ESTIMATED AT 2.5 OZ AU/TON.
References
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 RPORT 90-18, P. 560.
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): DERKEY AND OTHERS
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 178.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 88-89.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G.O., 1902, THE MOUNT BAKER MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 73, NO. 11, P. 379-380.
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P. 80-81.
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, P. 309.
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