Cleopatra Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277247
MRDS ID SP00133
MAS/MILS ID 0530330076
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Mine
Alternate or previous names 3,4,5,6.Eastern Star,Eastern Star, Nos.1,2,3,4.Silver Star,Silver St, Nos 1,2,3.Highline,Highline No.1., Morning Star,Morningstar Nos.1,2,, Inez, Ar Nos.1,2,3,Homestake,Homestake
Related records 10055921

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.4601, 47.63541 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grotto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025 N 010 E 24 NENESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Jamesonite Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.4601, 47.63541

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 536M
    Width 999999M
    Area 186HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 186
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Miller River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 296.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, P. 139-140.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, P. 114-116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 070 COLS 23-72 NO DATA REC 080 COLS 35-52 PARTIALL ED.COL 63 AV ORE LENGTH USED BY GAULTIER: FOR TON EST UNCER EST LEAD-TIME PRODUCE ORE WITH MATRIX NO1 1.5 YR.MATRIX 2 REC 151 PLANT TO SERVE 2 PLUS MINES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references