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Copper King Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095547
MRDS ID M056687
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Prospect
Related records 10204553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.75339, 48.57789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE NNE OF CONCONCULLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conconully West(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 025E 31 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER SEC 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized At Surface

Analytical data

Result $38 AG, PB, CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Salmon Creek Schist
    Rock description Salmon Creek Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.75339, 48.57789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Salmon Creek Fault (Nw Trending Fault) Is About 1.75 Miles West Of The Site
Type of structure Local
Structure description 3 Ft Mineralized Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 55 SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Quartz Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS WERE DERIVED FROM PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS AND VOLCANICS THAT WERE SUBJECTED TO REGIONAL METAMORPHISM DURING THE JURASSIC OROGENY, AND WHICH WERE LATER INVADED BY GRANITIC MAGMAS OF PROBABLY LATE MESOZOIC AGE. ; GEOL.DESC: QTZ HONEY COMBED (SURFACE) HAS SULFIDES AT FEW FEET DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conconcully District; Salmon Creek Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT AND 50 FT ADITS.

Comments on development

  • 2 ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 218.

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 7-9, 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QTZ VEIN 7 FT WIDE IN MICA SCHIST; QTZ IS HONEYCOMBED AT SURFACE BUT CARRIES SULFIDES AT DEPTHS FO A FEW FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

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