| Deposit ID | 10042360 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060118 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | United Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | United Silver - Copper Mine |
| Related records | 10228618 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.6636, 48.32096 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 884 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES NE OF CHEWELAH, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Chewelah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Colville(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Colville National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist |
| (1) | -117.6636, 48.32096 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Steeply Dipping, Ne Trending Metasedimentary Rocks Intruded By Granodiorite. |
| General form | TABULAR - IRREGULAR THICKNESS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 DEG. E |
| Dip | 85 DEG. E |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 762M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 426.72M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Chewelah Mining District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chewelah Copper Co., Inc. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Copper Inc. |
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 2133.6M |
| Overall depth | 426.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060118 |
PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 123-131
CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN, QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 104
1906 DIREXPL UNITED COPPER MINING CO. PRODUCTION
1919 DIREXPL UNITED SILVER - CU MINING COMPANY
U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TETRAHEDRITE, IN ZONE 2 TO 12 INCHES THICK AND 100 TO 200 FEET LONG, RAKES NORTHWARD AT STEEP ANGLE, AND EXTENDS TO DEEPEST PART OF MINE AND IS MOST STRONGLY PRONOUNCED ON LOWER LEVELS. THIS WAS SEPARATED FROM OTHER VEIN MATERIAL AND SHIPPED AS CRUDE ORE (UNMILLED.) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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