1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Copper Canyon Mines

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180245
MAS/MILS ID 0530590077
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Canyon Mines
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon Nos. 1-3 Claims, Sunday Claim, Yellow Jacket and Hoo Hoo, Copper Canyon Prospect, Idaho Nos 1 and 2 Claims, Morning Claim, Greenleaf Claim, Gem Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.19558, 45.73091 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(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 003 N 005 E 21 SWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.19558, 45.73091
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 79.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RES. INFO. CIRC. 60, 1977, P. 54,

  • Deposit

    56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-OCT-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site