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Copper World Claim

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Iron
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041481
MRDS ID M056533
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World Claim
Alternate or previous names Copper King
Related records 10277725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.597, 48.8579 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position 3.2 MILES NE OF LOOMIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 20 SE OF SW OF SE OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS COPPER WOLD EXTENSION PROPERTY (RECORD NO. M056534).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mineralization

Analytical data

Result SURFACE ORE SAID TO ASSAY 35 % CU, $5 AU, AND $2.50 AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Palmer Mtn Greenstone
    Rock description Palmer Mtn Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.597, 48.8579
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form EN ECHELON PODS OF SULFIDES
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 40 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA IN VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerome J. Drumheller
    Home office Spokane, Wa.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 41.15M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 64

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PODS WITHIN MINERALIZED ZONE
Deposit ORE IN 135 FT SHAFT RAN OUT AT 35 FT DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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