Cleopatra Group

Occurrence in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009023
MRDS ID D001645
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Group
Alternate or previous names Cleopatra, Aces Up
Related records 10055921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.46009, 47.63537 (WGS84)
Elevation 968
Relative position ABOUT 0.9 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF LENNOX LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grotto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025N}025N 010E}011E 24}30 NW4 OF SE4 (24); SW4 OF SW4 (30) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN CLEOPATRA BASIN ON WEST FORK MILLER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized, Sericitized

Analytical data

Result MAX. 581 OZ AG/TON, $10 AU AT CLEOPATRA. ORE ZONE AVERAGED 20 OZ/TON AU AT CLEPOATRA. OCCASIONAL STREAKS TO 20 OZ/TON AG AT ACES UP. GUALTIERI AND OTHERS (1975) CONTAIN SEVERAL ANALYSES

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
    Rock description Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.46009, 47.63537

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, FRACTURE FILLINGS
    Strike N45-70W
    Dip 65-90SW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years INTERMITTENT BEFORE 1914, 1938, 1940-1941

Mining district

District name Miller River District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Alpine Lakes Wilderness In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cascade Mining Co.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Maloney
    Home office Skykomish, Wa.
    First year 1949

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Inferred 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 6 g/mt Silver Major 1976
    Gold Au 0.05 g/mt Gold Minor 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 640.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 79-83.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 295.

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO 004724N, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 108.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 67-71.

  • Production

    GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRANT, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE SILVER OCCURRENCE IN TWO PARALLEL STRUCTURES. TWO MAIN ORE ZONES
Deposit MRDS RECORD D001645 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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