Anacortes Mine

The Anacortes Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,200 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: Anacortes Mine
Secondary: Claims: Anacortes
Secondary: Tip Top
Secondary: American
Secondary: Fidalgo
Secondary: Gold Coin
Secondary: Silver Coin
Secondary: California
Secondary: Horseshoe
Secondary: San Jose

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tellurium

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 Pasayten Wilderness Area In Mount Baker National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: John Cannon, Jack White, And Walter Bortz
Years: 1955 -

Owner Name: Anacortes Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1939 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Year Last Production: 1937
Discovery Year: 1892
Discovery Method: 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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Form: VEIN

Form: VEIN

Structure

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

Type: L
Description: Local Folding Of Strata, Shear Zones

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 0.78 OZ/TON AU, 1.4 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: ASSAYS AVERAGE $18-20 AU, AG/TON. VALUES REPORTEDLY RANGED $8-300/TON. IN 1895, 10 LB OF ORE YIELDED 3.8 OZ AU.ASSAYS: 0.34 OZ/TON AU, 0.56 OZ/TON AG. SEVERAL ANALYSES IN STAATZ AND OTHERS

Materials

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

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL QUARTZ VEINS IN QUARTZ CEMEMTED BRECCIA ZONE. PYRITE IS DISSEMINATED IN THE VEINS AND GALENA AND SPHALERITE FORM HAIRLIKE STRINGERS

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS

Comment (Geology): VIRGINIA RIDGE FORMATION WAS DEPOSITED IN A FAN-DELTA SYSTEM

Comment (Development): 5 STAMP MILL INSTALLED IN 1936

Comment (Commodity): STAATZ AND OTHERS REPORTED SEEING ONLY PYRITE IN VEINS

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. NEAR HEADWATERS OF CASCADE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY TO NORTH FORK OF CANYON CREEK, IN HELLS BASIN.

Comment (Production): PROBABLY PRODUCED BETWEEN 1936 AND 1943

References

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.

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

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., AND ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 87.

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. 541.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 160-167.

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.

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