The Quartz Mountain Prospects is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.94556, -121.69056
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Quartz Mountain Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Mountain Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IRON OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ SHOWS TR AU, 0.06 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON A ROCKY GLACIATED BENCH ABOVE TIMBER LINE
Comment (Development): IN 1940'S, AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER FREE GOLD FROM SERPENTINE USING A SMALL HOMEMADE MILL.
Comment (Deposit): 1-IN.- TO 4-FT-THICK QUARTZ VEINS TRACEABLE AT SURFACE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. SEVERAL VEINS ARE INTENSELY FOLDED AND MOST HAVE BEEN FAULTED. THE QUARTZ IS UNUSUALLY VUGGY. THE GOLD AND SILVER VALUES ARE FOUND IN IRON OXIDE STAINED QUARTZ; GOLD IS ALSO PRESENT IN SMALL LENTICULAR BODIES OF SERPENTINE AND TALC.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS IN SERPENTINE; SHORT ADITS IN QUARTZ VEINS. THE LONGEST ADIT IS 10 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 90-91.
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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