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Copper Key

Prospect in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041202
MRDS ID M056160
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Key

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55363, 48.71291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position .7 MI NE OF SUMMIT COOKE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
37N 34E 07 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PRODUCTION 1904-1910

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result .08 TO .25 OZ AU, .14 TO .46 OZ AG, 1% CU, 40% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55363, 48.71291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years BEFORE 1940

Mining district

District name Belcher

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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

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