The Midas Prospect is a molybdenum mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 48.92694, -121.57750
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Midas Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midas Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. A. Nesbitt, John And David Cress, Bellingham, Wash.
Years: 1949 -
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): OWNER REPORTED SHOWINGS TOO SMALL TO BE OF INTEREST. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017832 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
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 (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 274.
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U. 1966, MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 115.
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