Gold Top and Silver King Claims

The Gold Top and Silver King Claims is a gold mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 6,099 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: Gold Top and Silver King Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Washington
County: Whatcom
District: Silver Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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 North Cascades National Park

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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: VEIN, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Welded Tuff
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.06 OZ/TON AG, TR AU.
Analytical Data: ONE SAMPLE FROM GOLD TOP CLAIM CONTAINED 0.02 OZ/TON AU AND TRACE AG. TWO SAMPLES FROM SILVER KING CLAIM CONTAINED 0.60 OZ/TON AG, TR AU

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): OXIDE STAINED ZONE IS 8 X 7 FT. QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Workings): TRENCHES

Comment (Geology): THESE ROCKS USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE SKAGIT VOLCANICS

Comment (Location): NEAR TOP OF RIDGE ON NORTH SIDE OF SILVER CREEK. UNSURVEYED.

Comment (Commodity): SAMPLES FROM MINERALIZED ZONE WERE LOW IN CU, MO, PB, AND ZN

References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., HAUGERUD, R.A., BOOTH, D.B., AND BORWN, E.B., IN PREPARATION, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT BAKER 30 X 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, DRAFT VERSION 2/12/93, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M.H., TABOR, R.W., WEIS, P.L., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., AND PATTEE, E.C., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1359, P. 57-59.

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