The Ruth Mountain Pyrite Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 48.88472, -121.54028
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Ruth Mountain Pyrite Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ruth Mountain Pyrite Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
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: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Oxidation, Feldspars Are Altered To Clay Minerals, Sericite, Cryptocrystalic Quartz
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHEAR ZONES ASSAY FROM $0.28-176.00/TON AU, AVERAGE $2.50/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. AT HEADWATERS OF RUTH CREEK, APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MI WEST OF HANNEGAN PASS. LOCATION IS THAT GIVEN BY MOEN; HUNTTING SAYS LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY IN SEC. 17-20.
Comment (Development): ABANDONED (1949)
Comment (Deposit): MID-TERTIARY ACIDIC VOLCANIC ROCKS OVERLIE QUARTZ DIORITE OF CHILLIWACK BATHOLITH. THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR PYRITIZED SHEAR ZONES 10-30 FT. WIDE. THE GOLD IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED.
Comment (Workings): 1 SHORT ADIT
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. 75, 91.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 204-205.
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