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Copper Point

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048598
MRDS ID MP00196
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Point
Alternate or previous names Red Mountain-Chiwawa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87509, 48.16954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF DUMBELL MOUNTAIN, Estimated From Map In Church And Others. Location Is Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Suiattle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 016E 20,21,28,29 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitization

Analytical data

Result SEDIMENT SAMPLES IN AREA HAVE A STRONG ANOMALY FOR CU. MANY SAMPLES ASSAYED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 8.8 OZ/TON AG, 5.3% CU, 3.9% PB, 2% ZN, 0.05 OZ/TON AU IN SELECT AND CHIP SAMPLES

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Cloudy Pass Pluton
    Rock description Cloudy Pass Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Swakane Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Swakane Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.87509, 48.16954
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Entiat Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS FOUND AT CONTACT OF ENTIAT FAULT AND CLOUDY PASS PLUTON (STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS, 1982)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Glacier Peak Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 14 SHORT ADITS, NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANT, A.R., 1982, SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY DATA FOR THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS, CHELAN, SNOHOMISH, AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-408, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPEIL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 98-82, P. 21.

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONES AND POSSIBLE BRECCIA PIPE. SHEAR ZONES ARE VERY NARROW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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