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Eagle Peak Mine

Past Producer in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Cobalt, Arsenic, Uranium, Molybdenum, Zinc, Tungsten
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104143
MRDS ID M700205
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Aldula, Paradise
Related records 10093015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.78119, 46.75564 (WGS84)
Elevation 1035
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF LONGMIRE; 18 MI BY RAILROAD FROM ASHFORD; 60 MI FROM TACOMA, Description Does Not Fit Coordinates Given In Derkey And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Rainier West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nisqually(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mount Rainier National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015N 008E 27 NEAR NW CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON WEST SLOPE OF EAGLE PEAK IN MT. RAINIER AREA ABOUT 7 MI SOUTH OF SUMMIT OF MOUNT RAINIER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Linnaeite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 18-TON SHIPMENT YIELDED 8.05% CU, 0.09 OZ AU, 1.87 OZ AG
Result REPORTEDLY 1-5% CO IN SOME 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 Tatoosh Pluton
    Rock description Tatoosh Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Rock unit name Stevens Ridge Formation;Stevens Ridge Formation
    Rock description Stevens Ridge Formation;Stevens Ridge Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.78119, 46.75564
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints Or Slip Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mt. Rainier District

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Mount Rainier National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eagle Peak Copper Mining Co., Ashford (Pre-
    Last year 1956

Comments on the production information

  • NOT OVER 200 TONS TOTAL PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 283.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT, CROSSCUT

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, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    KING, R.U., 1966, MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRIING OFFICE, P. 112.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 148.

  • Production

    HUNTING, P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED JOINTS OR SLIP PLANES IN GRANITE DIKES. ONE ZONE IS 6 IN.-5 FT THICK AND CARRIES A STREAK OF HIGH-GRADE ORE 1-14 IN. THICK; GOLD VALUES ARE IN THE ARSENOPYRITE. ORE FROM NEAR PORTAL OF OLD DRIFT ABOUT 15 FT ABOVE PRESENT DRIFT LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE. ORE APPEARS TO BE IN DIKES COMING OFF THE TATOOSH PLUTON
Deposit 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORDS W017915, D000665 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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