The Nooksack Mine is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.91306, -122.24278
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Nooksack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nooksack Mine
Secondary: Claims: Nooksack
Secondary: Givens-Nooksack
Secondary: Land-Nooksack
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District
Land Status
Land ownership: State 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 Forest Land Owned By State Of Washington
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nooksack Mining Co.
Years: 1903 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 50 CHANNEL SAMPLES WAS $2.00 AU/TON AT OLD PRICE. OLD ASSAY YIELDED $3.50/TON.
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WESTERN SLOPE OF SUMAS MOUNTAIN. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS NEAR EAST QUARTER CORNER SEC. 35.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700072
Comment (Production): POSSIBLE SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Development): THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION BUT SMALL AMOUNT MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ STRINGERS TRAVERSE THE GRAYWACKE, BUT CONTAIN NO GOLD OR METALLIC ORE MINERALS. GOLD APPEARS TO BE DISSEMINATED IN HOST ROCK ALONG WITH PYRITE. DESCRIPTION SOUNDS SOMEWHAT LIKE GRAY ORE FROM THE MOTHER LODE
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS (ONE IS 135 FT, ANOTHER 120 FT LONG). WORKINGS MOSTLY CAVED
Comment (Geology): OLDER LITERATURE INDICATES HOST ROCK IS AN ANDESITE DIKE. MOEN MAKES NO MENTION OF THIS. MESOZOIC HOST ROCKS ARE OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY CONTINENTAL SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE
References
Reference (Production): MOEN, 1969
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 82.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 178.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89-90.
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