Yellow Aster Prospect

The Yellow Aster Prospect is a nickel mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 5,289 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: Yellow Aster Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: L. C. Huntington, R. A. Griger
Years: 1922 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, VEIN

Structure

Type: L
Description: Intense Local Shearing

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.25-1.25% NI

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Garnierite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Magnesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK THAT CONTAINS GARNIERITE AND SPARSELY DISSEMINATED FINE-GRAINED PYRITE. HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE HOSTS ORE

Comment (Development): FROM 1909-1918 PROPERTY WAS HELD AS UNPATENTED CLAIMS BY MOUNT BAKER GOLD, COPPER, & TIN CO. MORE RECENTLY, PROMISING OUTCROPS HAVE BEEN STAKED AND RESTAKED BY SEVERAL PARTIES; HOWEVER, LITTLE, IF ANY, EXPLORATION WORK WAS DONE.

Comment (Workings): ADIT 80 FT LONG, SHORT ADITS, OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK CONSISTS OF MASSIVE AND HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE THAT FORMS LARGE LENTICULAR BODIES IN GREENSTONE OF THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION. A TECTONIC EMPLACEMENT IS PRESUMED, AS THE CHILLIWACK FORMATION IS YOUNGER THAN THE YELLOW ASTER COMPLEX

Comment (Location): ON EAST SIDE OF YELLOW ASTER BUTTE PARTLY ABOVE TREE LINE

References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BROWN, E.B., 199X, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 9X-XXX, SCALE 1:100,000 (IN PREPARATION IN 1993).

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 280.

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 76.

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