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Crystal Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047840
MRDS ID M700166
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Prospect
Related records 10277238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2037, 46.36287 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SPIRIT LAKE, ABOUT 4 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF COLDWATER LAKE, Estimated On Miners Creek Near Center E/2 Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(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 010N 005E 08 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MINERS CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Eocene volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Helens District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford-Pinchot National Forest In Or Near Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Koontz, Mr. Witt, Mr. Burbee
    First year 1897

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10.97M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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