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White Cat Mine

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228749
MRDS ID M060162
MAS/MILS ID 0530370173
Record type Site
Current site name White Cat Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Creek, Notorious Bismark, Denny Zinc Deposit, Camp Cr, Bob Canson, Silver Dump, Notorious Bismark Extension, 1900, Beaver
Related records 10042394

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.04429, 47.46092 (WGS84)
Elevation 993
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

Davis 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 023 N 014 E 26 NENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.04429, 47.46092
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S40E
    Dip 55S
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip S40E:55S
    Date of Last Modification 940928

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE

  • Deposit

    POST INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, PLATE (CLE ELUM).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 59, 60, 131, 299.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542, 1989, P. 192-195.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DENNY ZINC WAS EXAMINED UNDER DMEA DOCKET 1450X IN 1951. IT WAS DELETED FROM MILS BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME PROPERTY AS THE WHITE CAT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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