Alvic Prospect

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

Name: Alvic Prospect  

State:  Washington

County:  Whatcom

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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