Chancellor Group

The Chancellor Group is a silver and gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,499 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

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Site Name

Primary: Chancellor Group
Secondary: Claims: Indiana
Secondary: Illinois
Secondary: Ptarmigan
Secondary: Chancellor

Commodity

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

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: Hyde, Frank D.
Home Office: Berlin, Md
Years: 1969 -

Production

Year: 1939
Time Period: 1935-1939
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 0.735 Oz/Ton Au, 3.48 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1903
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: VEINLETS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Jur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt

Type: L
Description: Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRANDVIEW ADIT: 0.33 OZ/TON AU, 3.25 OZ/TON AG. INDIANA ADIT: 0.67 OZ/TON AU, 2.75 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS FILL FRACTURES ALONG SHEAR ZONES. THICKNESS SHOWN IS OF SHEAR ZONE

Comment (Commodity): ONE PARTICLE OF FREE GOLD SEEN BY MOEN

Comment (Production): ALSO SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1903. BOTH INDIANA AND ILLINOIS MINES PRODUCED.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Geology): SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WERE DEPOSITED BY TURBIDITY CURRENTS

Comment (Deposit): SEE M700019 AND M700020 FOR INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR ILLINOIS AND INDIANA MINES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700012, M700020

References

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 (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. 546.

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. 176.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 110-111.

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