Gold Hill Mine

The Gold Hill Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,823 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: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Northern Cascade
Secondary: Peterson
Secondary: Sandusky
Secondary: Iron Mountain

Commodity

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

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Minerals Technology Coorporation, Minneapolis
Years: 1967 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1930
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: Northwestward Trending Asymmetrical Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: HIGH AU, AG, PB, ZN ASSAYS REPORTED BY GOLD HILL MINING CO. IN 1937, BUT BENNETT IN 1939 FAILED TO FIND HIGH-GRADE ORE. ASSAYS OF "B" LEVEL AVERAGED 0.015 OZ/TON AU, TR AG. ASSAYS OF "A" LEVEL SHOWED 0.01 OZ/TON AU, 0.10-4.88 OZ/TON AG, LITTLE (IF ANY) PB

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Silver
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Talc

Comments

Comment (Production): 1.8 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO BUNKER HILL & SULLIVAN MINING AND CONCENTRATING CO.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN SEVERAL WELL-DEVELOPED SHEAR ZONES 2-8 FT THICK IN ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE. ATTITUDES ARE OF SHEAR ZONES. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF 4 MAIN LODES AND SEVERAL CROSS LEADS. THE IRON MOUNTAIN, GENEVIEVE, AND GOUGE LODES TREND E-W. THE VIRGINIA LODE TRENDS N-S. LODES ARE CO-EXTENSIVE WITH SOME OF MAIN LODES OF AZURITE GROUP. IRON MOUNTAIN LODE IS 5-7 FT THICK WITH QUARTZ (BLUISH-GRAY TO WHITE OR RUST COLOR), TALC, AND SOME CALCITE. OXIDIZED PART OF LODE IS 700 X 200 FT AND CONTAINS TWO LEADS. MAIN LEAD IS 5-15 FT THICK; OTHER TWO ARE 30-36 IN. THICK. GENEVIEVE LODE (CONTINUOUS WITH MAIN TREND OF MONSTER LODE OF AZURITE GROUP) IS A QUARTZ MATRIX WITH SILVER AND GOLD IN SULFIDES. GOUGE LODE TO THE NORTH IS SIMILAR; THE VEIN IS 4-30 FT THICK. VIRGINIA LODE IS 3.5-5 FT THICK WITH WELL-DEFINED WALLS; VEIN FILLING IS RUSTY AND WHITE QUARTZ WITH FINE SULFIDES.

Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 20 FT SHAFT

Comment (Geology): THE AREA NEAR MINE HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY GOLDEN HORN BATHOLITH AND ALSO CONTAINS FELSITE, APLITE, AND ANDESITIC DIKES AS MUCH AS 20 FT WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): PLAN MAP OF ADITS, AVAILABLE, MOEN, 1967. 40 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 2 MILLSITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001671 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED.

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 334.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 57, P. 106-108.

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. 555.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTOMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 176.

Reference (Production): MOEN, 1967

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