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Copper Bottom Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047839
MRDS ID M700165
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bottom Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.17452, 46.33787 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI WEST-SOUTHWEST OF VENUS LAKE, ABOUT 2.5 MI NORTH OF ST. HELENS LAKE, Estimated Within Quarter Section Near Miners Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010N 005E 22 NW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

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 Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.17452, 46.33787
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE, GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District

Land status

Ownership category National Monument
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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