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Molly Prospect, Mount Baker Mining District, Whatcom County, Washington, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 47' 57'' North , 121° 33' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
48.79926,-121.55345
GRN:
N33W59
Type:
Prospect
Köppen climate type:
Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Glacier211 (2011)30.4km
Marblemount203 (2011)31.1km
Concrete716 (2017)32.2km
Rockport109 (2006)35.0km
Slesse Park238 (2011)36.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
449883
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:449883:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Casselman Prospect; Castleman. Claims: Big Gem; Treasure


Structure: Inferred Fault Runs Through Deposit

Alteration: Silicified

Tectonics: Cascade Volcanic Arc

Deposit: Deposit is similar to that at dead goat claim but not As promising moly and casselman may be the same property. Location descriptions are similar

Deposit type: Polymetallic veins

Development: Although molybdenum was supposed to have been mined in 1898, there was no evidence of mining on the property (moen)

Geology: Molybdenum may have been leached from some outcrops

Rock formation(s): Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Easton Metamorphic Suite, Shuksan Greenschist;Chilliwack Composite Batholith, Quartz Monzonite And Granite Of Nooksack Cirque


Ore(s): Inferred Fault?

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘMolybdenite2.EA.30MoS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

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OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2
MoMolybdenum
Moⓘ MolybdeniteMoS2

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