The Tooker-Lestrud Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.91028, -121.80250
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Tooker-Lestrud Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tooker-Lestrud Prospect
Secondary: Little Dutchman Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Dutchman Consolidated Mines, Glacier, Wash.
Years: 1966 -
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: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Andesite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF PYRITIZED ROCK: AS MUCH AS 3 OZ/TON AG, AVG 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 542 NEAR TOP OF WHAT IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS POWER HOUSE HILL.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHORT ADIT, CAVED AT PORTAL
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISEMINATED PYRITE AND MARCASIZE IN A ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE
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. 335.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 75, 94.
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