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Mineral Creek Copper

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155627
MRDS ID W017911
MAS/MILS ID 0530370086
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Creek Copper
Alternate or previous names Durrwachter, Liberty Lode, Little Kachess Lake

Comments on the site names

  • NOTE: THE ALTERNATE NAMES LISTED IN WDMG BULL. 37 (DURRWACHTER, LIBERTY LODE) ARE PROBABLY INCORRECT. THESE NAMES APPLY TO A DIFFERENT PROPERTY (0530370046). THIS PROPERTY WAS PATENTED, BUT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE. SEE 0530370359.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.25559, 47.42372 (WGS84)
Elevation 858
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 013 E 06 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.25559, 47.42372
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Snoqualmie

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Burlington Northern Railroad
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-94 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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