The Red Bird Prospect is a copper mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.92333, -121.89250
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Red Bird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Bird Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Red Bird Group Nos. 1-7
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Owner Name: Lynn, Oliver
Home Office: Goshen, Wa
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Baker, Newton
Home Office: Forks, Wa
Years: 1967 -
Owner Name: Texas Gulf Sulfur
Years: 1976 -
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: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: VEINS, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Church Mountain Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EAST END (12 IN.) - 6.62% CU, TR GOLD, STOCKPILE - 8.45% CU, TR GOLD.
Analytical Data: MIDDLE (14 IN.) - 5.85% CU, TR GOLD
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF VEIN AND STOCKPILE: WEST END (42 IN.) - 7.21% CU, TR GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS, 33 FT TRENCH
Comment (Deposit): 7 UNPATENTED CONTIGUOUS CLAIMS. AS OF 1966, NO ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED, ALTHOUGH ABOUT 20 TONS OF ORE FROM VEIN MATERIAL, MINED DURING TRENCHING OPERATIONS, IS STOCKPILED THERE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): NEAR HEADWATERS OF COAL CREEK, ON SOUTH SLOPE OF CHURCH MOUNTAIN
Comment (Development): MOST OF THE WORK HAS BEEN ON RED BIRD NO. 7 CLAIM, WHERE SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS EXPOSE VEINS. IN 1957 AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DIAMOND DRILL THE VEIN, BUT ALL HOLES WERE SHALLOW AND LITTLE DATA WAS GAINED.
Comment (Deposit): CU-BEARING FISSURE VEINS, FROM <1-42 IN., ARE PRESENT IN ARGILLITE OF THE CHILLIWACK GROUP. FINE-GRAINED PYRITE IS ALSO DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK.
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): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON; WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 91.
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 25.
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