Aswiseman Or Galbraith Group.

The Aswiseman Or Galbraith Group. is a mine located in Whatcom county, Washington at an elevation of 4,190 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Aswiseman Or Galbraith Group.
Secondary: Hildebrand Lake Group
Secondary: Hildebrand Lake Group Also Known
Secondary: Claim Names Are Joe,Amos,Andy,
Secondary: Burton.

Commodity

Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Staked By A. C. Ross
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Enstatite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CLAIM GROUP ADJOINS THE NORTH SIDE OF HILDEBRAND LAKE ON THE CREST OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN GREEN CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK NOOKSACK RIVER.

References

Reference (Deposit): GAUDETTE, H.E., GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TWIN SISTERS

Reference (Deposit): ULTRAMAFIC BODY, WASHINGTON, UNPUB. THESIS, UNIV. OF

Reference (Deposit): ILLINOIS, 1953.

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II,

Reference (Deposit): VOL. 1, P. 41.

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 57, 1969, TABLE 19,

Reference (Deposit): P. 68.

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