Saginaw Prospect

The Saginaw Prospect is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,400 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

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Site Name

Primary: Saginaw Prospect
Secondary: Patented Claims: Saginaw
Secondary: Saginaw No. 2
Secondary: Northern Light
Secondary: Titabawasse

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Robert Averill, Bellingham, Wash.
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
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: VEINS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDE MINERALS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PICKED SAMPLE GAVE 70% PB, 0.20 OZ/TON AU, 200 OZ/TON AG. OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.34-1.82 OZ/TON AU, 0.78-2.06 OZ/TON AG, TR-2.13% CU. AVERAGE VALUES SAID TO BE $6/TON AU+AG+CU.

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS, 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SKETCH MAP AVAILABLE IN MOEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ADITS ON STEEP NORTHWEST-FACING SLOPE ABOVE WINCHESTER CREEK.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS 2 IN.-3 FT THICK IN 3.5 FT THICK LEDGE IN DIORITE

Comment (Workings): 300 FT ADIT WITH 200 FT OF CROSSCUTS, 76 FT ADIT WITH 31 FT CROSSCUT, TWO 36-FT ADITS, SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS IN TERTIARY DIORITE WHICH INTRUDES LIMESTONE AND TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE OF THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION.

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. 179.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 91-93.

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