The Goat Mine is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,239 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.73139, -120.74861
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Goat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goat Mine
Secondary: Claim: Mountain Goat
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Slate Creek 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
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Western Gold Mining, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1895
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
Form: VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Magmatic Arc Plutons
Type: L
Description: Bleached And Iron-Oxide Stained Shear
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS BY WESTERN GOLD MINING CO: 0.52-1.14 OZ/TON AU. ASSAY FROM MINE DUMP: TR AU, 0.02 OZ/TON AG. QUARTZ FROM FACE OF EAST DRIFT IN LOWER ADIT: TR AU, 0.08 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NOW PART OF SLATE CREEK GROUP. 2000 FT FROM JUNCTION OF SOUTH FORK SLATE CREEK AND SLATE CREEK. DISCREPANCY IN LOCATION IN REFERENCES; DERKEY PRESUMED ACCURATE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCED, BUT PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE.
Comment (Development): IN 1898, A 5-STAMP CYANIDE MILL WAS BUILT ON SLATE CREEK AND AN AERIAL TRAMWAY WAS EXTENDED 2000 FT FROM MINE TO MILL.
Comment (Deposit): 4 FT WIDE QUARTZ-BEARING SHEAR ZONE CONTAINING FLAKES OF MALACHITE, AND 9-18 IN. WIDE QUARTZ VEIN
Comment (Workings): CAVED UPPER ADIT. LOWER ADIT, 250 FT LONG, HAS A RAISE OF 70 FT ALONG A VERTICAL VEIN. RAISE APPEARS TO CONNECT WITH UPPER ADIT
Comment (Geology): GOAT CREEK FORMATION DEPOSITED AS TURBIDITY CURRENT AND SUBMARINE FANS
Comment (Deposit): GOAT CLAIM IS ONE OF 12 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE GOAT GROUP. SOME CLAIMS OF PRESENT GOAT GROUP ARE RELOCATIONS OF OLD CLAIMS AND SOME ARE NEWER CLAIMS STAKED BY NEW LIGHT GOLD MINING CO. IN 1931 AND 1935. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 177.
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 106-107.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 553.
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