The Bellingham Group is a mine located in Skagit county, Washington at an elevation of 3,937 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 3,937 Feet (1,200 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.6294, -121.93330
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Bellingham Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bellingham Group
Secondary: Stein Claim
Secondary: Plus 31 Unnamed Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Skagit
District: Sisters
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.
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. H. Cauffield,Others
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.
References
Reference (Deposit): WA STATE DIV GEOLEARTH RES UNPUBLISHED DATA
Reference (Deposit): SHINE MING CO CONFIDENTIAL RPT 1942 FILES USBM WFOC
Reference (Deposit): ST JOHN RPT CR DEPS 3 LAKES AREA TWIN S RANGE WHATSKAGTT COS
Reference (Deposit): SPANSKI G T GR TWIN S MTNS WA UNPBD THESIS V ILL 1963
Reference (Deposit): RAGAN D M GEOL TWIN S DUNITE NORNCSCADES WA UNPUBD THESIS UW
Reference (Deposit): MOEN MINES & MIN DEPS WHATCOM CO.WA WA DIV MINES GEOL BUL 57
Reference (Deposit): JAMES H L ET AL CR DEPS TWIN S MTWA USGS STRAT MIN INV MAP 1
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING WA DIV MINES GEOL BUL 371956
Reference (Deposit): GAUDETTE H E GEOCHEM TWIN S ULTRAMFC BODY WA UNPUBD THESIS V
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