Copper World Extension

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055980
MRDS ID SP00210
Record type Site
Current site name Copper World Extension
Alternate or previous names Iron Mask, Iron Master ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.59423, 48.85678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1201

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)

Okanogan(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}039N 026E}026E 20}29 S2 (20); N2 (29) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.59423, 48.85678

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS EN ECHELON, TABULAR LENSES IN ALTERED ANDESITE OF THE PERMIAN - TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE (PATTY, 1921, P. 241; RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, P. 84).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mtn

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE PRIOR TO 1911. PRODUCED 3486 TONS OF ORE IN 1918-1919, WHICH AVERAGED 3.147% CU, 0.42 OZ/TON AU (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 64).

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, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    MCINTYRE, A.W., 1907, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WASHINGTON: AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS, 9TH ANNUAL SESSION, REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS, P. 238-250.

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.

  • Deposit

    PATTY, E.N.; GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, 155 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.

  • Deposit

    WDGER OF 90-18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 300-FT. SHAFT WAS DRIVEN; CROSSCUTS ARE ON THE 100-, 200-, AND 300-FT. LEVELS (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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