| Deposit ID | 10036901 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025866 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Queen Prospect |
| Related records | 10281255 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.25619, 47.4176 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1116 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3.4 MI SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SPECTACLE LAKE; 0.5 MI SOUTH OF MINERAL CREEK NEAR MINERAL CREEK MINE, Estimated In Ne/4 Section 0.5 Mi South Of Mineral Creek |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kittitas(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chikamin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)
Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)
Yakima(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Kittitas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 022N | 013E | 07 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Rock unit name | Naches Formation;Naches Formation;Naches Formation;Naches Formation |
| Rock description | Naches Formation;Naches Formation;Naches Formation;Naches Formation |
| (1) | -121.25619, 47.4176 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zones And Dikes |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Brecciation Of Rhyolite, Shear Zones |
| General form | PIPE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30-45W |
| Dip | 65SW |
| Length | 18.29M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Wenatchee National Forest Near Boundary Of Alpine Lakes Wilderness |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 31000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 257.56M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025866 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 59.
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. 82, 85.
GUALTIERI AND OTHERS, 1975
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. DEPOSIT IS PIPE SHAPED AND LIES NEAR CONTACT OF FELSITE BRECCIA AND ANDESITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-85 | Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-92 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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