Copper King

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155993
MAS/MILS ID 0530070302
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.887, 48.27542 (WGS84)
Elevation 1380
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Agnes Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 N 016 E 17 NWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.887, 48.27542

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 45W
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N30W:45W
    Date of Last Modification 941003

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stehekin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS

  • Deposit

    STUDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.