| Deposit ID | 10103867 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060110 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Loon Lake Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Kemp-Komar, Key West, Bluebird |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.6372, 48.14679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 747 |
| Relative position | 5 MILES NORTH OF LOON LAKE, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Colville(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031N | 041E | 33 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Atacamite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone |
| (1) | -117.6372, 48.14679 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | On Upper Limb Of Large, Faulted, Recumbent Fold With Near Horizontal Axis. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 90E |
| Dip | 60N |
| Plunge | 50 |
| Plunge direction | N 45 W |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Discoverer | Patrick Clark? |
| Year of first production | 1895 |
| District name | Springdale District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | James Keeth And W. H. West |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ernest Laukka And E. L. Tilton |
| Year | 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1916 - 1952 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^2 % Cu, Few Ozs Ag/T | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Overall depth | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060110 |
PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 153-158
HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 99
MILLER, F.K., 1969, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-6
FULKERSON, F.B. AND KINGSTON G.A. 1958, MINE PRODUCTION OF GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN PEND OREILLE AND STEEVENS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON, 1902-56: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC 7872
1890 DIREXPL KEMP-KOMAR MINE - DEVELOPMENT
1915 DIREXPL GEORGE CRANE - PRODUCTION
1918 DIREXPL LOON LAKE COPPER CO. - PRODUCTION; 1952 DIREXPL W. WEST - PRODUCTION.
U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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