The Many Sisters Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.91694, -121.77028
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Many Sisters Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Many Sisters Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN AVERAGES $2/TON AU+AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 6-18-IN.-WIDE QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN CONTAINING DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE.
Comment (Geology): TABOR AND OTHERS SHOW AREA AS BEING UNDERLAIN BY WELLS CREEK VOLCANICS, BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY THE LIKELIHOOD THAT NOOKSACK ROCKS ARE PRESENT IN THE VICINITY THAT ARE TOO SMALL TO SHOW AT THEIR MAP SCALE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON EAST SIDE OF MANY SISTERS CREEK, 0.5 MI UPSTREAM FROM HIGHWAY
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS CONNECTED BY 50-FT RAISE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89.
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).
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