Nooksack Mine

The Nooksack Mine is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 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: Nooksack Mine
Secondary: Claims: Nooksack
Secondary: Givens-Nooksack
Secondary: Land-Nooksack

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District

Land Status

Land ownership: State 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 Forest Land Owned By State Of Washington

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Nooksack Mining Co.
Years: 1903 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1903
Year Last Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Puget Trough

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF MORE THAN 50 CHANNEL SAMPLES WAS $2.00 AU/TON AT OLD PRICE. OLD ASSAY YIELDED $3.50/TON.

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ON WESTERN SLOPE OF SUMAS MOUNTAIN. HUNTTING GIVES LOCATION AS NEAR EAST QUARTER CORNER SEC. 35.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700072

Comment (Production): POSSIBLE SMALL PRODUCTION

Comment (Development): THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF PRODUCTION BUT SMALL AMOUNT MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED

Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ STRINGERS TRAVERSE THE GRAYWACKE, BUT CONTAIN NO GOLD OR METALLIC ORE MINERALS. GOLD APPEARS TO BE DISSEMINATED IN HOST ROCK ALONG WITH PYRITE. DESCRIPTION SOUNDS SOMEWHAT LIKE GRAY ORE FROM THE MOTHER LODE

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS (ONE IS 135 FT, ANOTHER 120 FT LONG). WORKINGS MOSTLY CAVED

Comment (Geology): OLDER LITERATURE INDICATES HOST ROCK IS AN ANDESITE DIKE. MOEN MAKES NO MENTION OF THIS. MESOZOIC HOST ROCKS ARE OVERLAIN BY TERTIARY CONTINENTAL SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE

References

Reference (Production): MOEN, 1969

Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, PT. 2, P 82.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 178.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 89-90.

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