Chain Lakes Prospect

The Chain Lakes Prospect is a zinc, copper, and silver mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,780 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: Chain Lakes Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Mount Baker 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 Wilderness In Mount Baker National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: S. H. P. Vevelstad, Seattle, Wash.
Years: 1956 -

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

Not available

Orebody

Form: DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLE GAVE 47.8% ZN, 11.3% FE, 1.6 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT TYPE IS UNKNOWN. DISSEMINATED MARMATITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND BORNITE ARE PRESENT OVER A 12-20 FT WIDTH AND A 300-400 FT LENGTH. HOST ROCK IS IRON-OXIDE STAINED. ALTHOUGH ORE MINERALS ARE GENERALLY SPARSE, SELECT SAMPLES AS MUCH AS 6 IN. IN DIAMETER CONSIST ALMOST WHOLLY OF MASSIVE MARMATITE AND PYRITE.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, ONE SHORT ADIT 35 FT LONG.

Comment (Geology): TABOR AND OTHERS INDICATE ROCKS ARE BASALTIC RATHER THAN ANDESITIC

Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS

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. 382.

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

Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 82.

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