Whistler Prospect

The Whistler Prospect is a lead, copper, silver, gold, and zinc mine located in Snohomish county, Washington at an elevation of 5,801 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: Whistler Prospect

Commodity

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

Location

State: Washington
County: Snohomish
District: Monte Cristo 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: Underground

Ownership

Not available

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tonalite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: JOHNSON AND OTHERS CONTAIN MANY ANALYSES. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 1.674 OZ/TON AU, 6.8 OZ/TON AG, 1.27% CU, 3.25% PB, 17% ZN, 26.5% AS, 0.42% SB

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IN FRACTURE ZONE. MAY BE SAME VEIN AS EXPOSED AT HILDA PROSPECT. VEIN 4-20 FT WIDE WITH 1.5 FT ORE MAX.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD D001714 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Reserve-Resource): INDICATED AND INFERRED, RESTRICTED MARGINAL RESERVES

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

References

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): JOHNSON AND OTHERS

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P. JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 169.

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. 236.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, F.L., DENTON, D.K., IVERSON, S.R., MCCULLOCH, R.B., STEBBINS, S.A., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1983, MINERAL REOSURCES OF THE GLACIER PEAK RARE II AREA (NO. L6031), SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 75-83, P. 5, 24.

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