The Alvic Prospect is a copper mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.95333, -121.66056
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Alvic Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alvic Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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
Owner Name: Moore, Alfred
Home Office: Seattle, Wa
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1962
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: VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillite Is Greatly Sheared And Altered
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON CREST OF RIDGE THAT EXTENDS FROM GOLD RUN PASS TO WINCHESTER MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS ON A NORTH-FACING NEARLY VERTICAL CLIFF. THIN VEINLETS ALONG SHEAR ZONES AVERAGE 1 IN. THICK. SULFIDE MINERALS ARE DISSEMINATED WITHIN VEINLETS
Comment (Workings): 2 PROSPECT DIGGINGS, 150 FT APART. HOLE INTO CLIFF FACE EXPOSES A THIN VEINLET OF BORNITE AND CHALCOPYRITE; SHALLOW SHAFT IS IN SPARSELY METALIZED DACITE TUFF, WITH ORE MINERALS ALONG SHEAR ZONES.
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 78-79.
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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