| Deposit ID | 10042363 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060122 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gray Eagle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Copper Mountain, Koyotte, Rightside, O'Real -Schenk |
| Related records | 10229088 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.04945, 48.61929 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 716 |
| Relative position | 1/2 MILE NORTH OF KETTLE FALLS, WASHINGTON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Kettle Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Colville(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 036N | 038E | 17 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE CONTAINS 3% CU, 0.07 OZ/TON AU AND 1.0 OZ/TON AG. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Mission Argillite, Cherty Dolomite |
| Rock description | Mission Argillite, Cherty Dolomite |
| (1) | -118.04945, 48.61929 |
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| General form | IRREGULAR |
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| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1903 |
| District name | Kettle Falls District |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bonanza Lead |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Chamberlain And Miller |
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^3. % Cu, .07 Oz/Ton Au, 1. Oz/Ton Ag | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 426.72M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060122 |
WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 231
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 102
1903 DIREXPL COLUMBIA RIVER SMELTING CO. - PRODUCTION
1942 DIREXPL JAMES ONEAL AND GEORGE SCHENK
1953 DIREXPL BONANZA LEAD - PRODUCTION
U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MUCH POST - MINERAL FAULTING EVIDENT ORE IS IN A DOLOMITE LENS ENCLOSED WITHIN ARGILLITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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