The Old Discovery Placer is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 2,126 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: 2,126 Feet (648 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.71556, -120.87750
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Old Discovery Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Discovery Placer
Secondary: Boulder Placer
Secondary: New Discovery
Secondary: Ruby Bar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Ruby 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TR-$0.03/YD (1971 PRICES)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): IT HAS BEEN ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 10,000 YD OF BENCH GRAVEL REMAIN
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON RUBY CREEK BETWEEN BOULDER CREEK AND PETE MILLER CREEK
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE "OLD DAYS"
Comment (Deposit): THE GOLD IS FOUND IN OLD STREAM CHANNELS ABOVE PRESENT STREAM LEVEL. COARSE GOLD WAS FOUND IN POCKETS ON BEDROCK
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS
References
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. 565.
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. 192.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990
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