The Unnamed Prospect is a copper mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.95194, -121.16667
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Unnamed Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Silver Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 7 SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.005-0.05 % CU, <0.003-0.003 OZ/TON AU. THE SAMPLE FROM THE PROSPECT ALSO CONTAINED 0.02% PB, 0.03 OZ/TON AG. A SAMPLE TO WEST ALSO CONTAINED 0.02% SN.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COMMODITY DATA ARE FOR THE WHOLE SERIES OF VEINS, NOT JUST THAT VEIN ON THE PROSPECT.
Comment (Geology): ALL VEINS EXCEPT THE ONE AT PROSPECT LIE WITHIN TONALITE AND GRANODIORITE OF PERRY CREEK. VEIN AT PROSPECT IS WITHIN ROOF PENDANT OF SKAGIT GNEISS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON RIDGE BETWEEN SILVER AND PERRY CREEKS
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS. PROSPECT IS EASTERNMOST OUTCROP OF SERIES OF VEINS STRIKING N10-50E, DIPPING 80SE-75NW, RANGING FROM <1 IN.-10 FT THICK. EXPOSED LENGTHS OF VEINS ARE 20-70 FT
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT ON EASTERNMOST VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BORWN, E.B., IN PREPARATION, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, DRAFT VERSION 2/12/93, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 60.
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