The Lone Star Prospect is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.93333, -121.65694
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Lone Star Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Star Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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, Possibly Within Mount Baker Wilderness
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1897
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: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): EARLY REFERENCES INDICATE PRESENCE OF SULFIDE MINERALS. LATER REFERENCES DO NOT MENTION THEM. SOME OF GOLD IS VISIBLE TO NAKED EYE
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. HUNTTING INDICATES PROPERTY IS ON SWAMP CREEK. ON NORTH SLOP0E OF GOAT MOUNTAIN
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): 68 FT ADIT, 20 FT ADIT IN 1901. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MAY EXIST, AS WORK ON THE PROPERTY CONTINUED UNTIL THE 1920'S.
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): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 178.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89.
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