The Trappers Pride is a mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,020 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: 5,020 Feet (1,530 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.7222, -122.00220
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Trappers Pride MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trappers Pride
Secondary: Seymour Creek
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. E. Bradley
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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 (Reserve-Resource): REF.RECORD 080 COLMNS 35-75 INSUFFICIENT DATA
References
Reference (Deposit): ILLINOIS 1963.
Reference (Deposit): SPANSKI, G.T., TWIN SISTERS MTS, WASH, UNIV OF
Reference (Deposit): CASCADES, WASHINGTON, UNPUB THESIS UNIV OF WASH, 1961.
Reference (Deposit): RAGAN, D.M., GEOL. OF TWIN SISTERS DUNITE NORTHERN
Reference (Deposit): P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 57, 1969, TABLE 19,
Reference (Deposit): USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY MAP, 1943.
Reference (Deposit): VOL. 1, P. 42.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II,
Reference (Deposit): ILLINOIS, 1953.
Reference (Deposit): ULTRAMAFIC BODY, WASHINGTON, UNPUB. THESIS, UNIV. OF
Reference (Deposit): GAUDETTE, H.E., GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TWIN SISTERS
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