Allen Basin Group

The Allen Basin Group is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,099 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: Allen Basin Group
Secondary: Claims: Nephew
Secondary: Aunt
Secondary: Equinox
Secondary: Black Dwarf
Secondary: Captain Jack
Secondary: Ixl
Secondary: Solitaire
Secondary: Harnessmaker
Secondary: Harnessmaker Extension
Secondary: Uncle
Secondary: Queen City
Secondary: Sister Grace
Secondary: Maccabee
Secondary: Blue Hen
Secondary: Park Placer.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

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.
Years: 1930 -

Production

Year: 1905
Time Period: 1898-1905
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.25 To 3.0 Oz Au/Ton
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1938-1940
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.38 Oz/Ton Au
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1938-1940
Material type: ORE AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.92 Oz/Ton Au

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1898
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

Structure

Type: R
Description: Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Beld Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons

Type: L
Description: Fault Sets

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE OF ORE IS $1.25-3.00/TON AU, ALL VALUES AVERAGE $12-15/TON. ASSAY ON STOCKPILED ORE ON UNCLE CLAIM SHOWED 0.44 OZ/TON AU, 0.28 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS RANGE FROM 6-30 IN. THICK. VEINS ARE OFFSET BY SEVERAL BARRON N40W FAULTS THAT ARE PARALLEL TO BEDDING. THE ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE CONTAIN SEVERAL SILLS OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY AND DACITE PORPHYRY, WHICH CONTAIN QUARTZ VEINS. THE ORE CONTAINS THIN PARALLEL BANDS OF FINELY DIVIDED SULFIDES.

Comment (Workings): AT LEAST ONE ADIT ON IXL CLAIM; 3 SHAFTS ON UNCLE CLAIM, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): ROCKS OF BASIN ARE ARGILLITE AND FINE-GRAINED ARKOSIC QUARTZITE THATARE PART OF A TURBIDITE SEQUENCE

Comment (Deposit): 15 PATENTED CLAIMS, SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS IN MOEN (1969, P. 101). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Commodity): THERE WERE HIGH GRADE POCKETS IN EARLY DAYS

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. WEST OF BONITA CREEK, PROSPECTS OF THE GROUP SCATTERED IN 1/2 MI RADIUS AROUND LOCATION.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN THE EARLY 1900'S, AND IN 1938-40.

References

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 100-101.

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. 540.

Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Production): MOEN, W.S., 1969, P. 100; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

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. 175.

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