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Mountain Springs

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097320
MRDS ID MP00276
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Springs

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.20924, 45.78759 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF SUMMIT SPRING, Estimated On Adit Symbol Shown Near East Border Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gumboot Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lewis(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 004N 005E 32 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Silver Star Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.20924, 45.78759
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kenneth L. Bruhn, Sr., Mining Division
    First year 1991

Comments on development

  • APPLIED FOR PERMIT FOR TEST MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR DEPOSIT. DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL
Deposit MINERS QUEEN AND BLACK JACK DEPOSITS ARE NEARBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700156, M700180

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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