Round Mountain

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048438
MRDS ID MP00025
Record type Site
Current site name Round Mountain
Alternate or previous names Meadow Creek?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.55702, 48.21843 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABUT 1.8 MI NORTHEAST OF LUCERNE, Estimated On Southeast Flank Of Round Mountain By Meadow Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Swakane Biotite Gneiss;;
    Rock description Swakane Biotite Gneiss;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.55702, 48.21843

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • SAID TO BE SIMILAR TO GLACIER PEAK DEPOSIT IN METALLOGENY AND ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE BETAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, FIG. 20.

  • Deposit

    HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W., AND WRIGHT, T.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LUCERNE QUADRANGLE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-647, SCALE 1:62,500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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