Red Bird Prospect

The Red Bird Prospect is a copper mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,199 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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