Indiana Mine, Chancellor Group

Whatcom County, Washington, United States

Silver Gold Lead Arsenic Copper Zinc

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Commodities

PrimarySilver, Gold

TertiaryLead, Arsenic, Copper, Zinc

Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model85: Polymetallic veins

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsUnderground

Orebody formVEIN

Ore controlShear Zones

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite

GangueCalcite, Quartz

Other materialsPyrite

Geology

Host rockQuartzite · Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation;Harts Pass Group, Harts Pass Formation

StructureJur-Cret Fold And Thrust Belt Intruded By Cret-Tert Magmatic Arc Plutons, Numerous Faults

Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1903

Last production1940

Discovery year1903

Description

Peter Bryan

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References

MOEN, W.S., 1969, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 57, P. 110-111.HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULETIN 37, V.1, P. 176.DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESORCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 546.STOFFEL, K.L., AND MCGRODER, M.F., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBINSON MTN. 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-5, SCALE 1;100,000.

Identification

Deposit ID10047746

MRDS IDM700020

Alternate namesChancellor Mine

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates48.75649, -120.70342