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Mineral Creek

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055948
MRDS ID SP00160
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Creek
Alternate or previous names Durrwachter, Liberty Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.25563, 47.42454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin 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 022N 013E 6 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MINERAL CREEK TWO MILES ABOVE LITTLE KACHESS LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.25563, 47.42454
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In A Narrow Shear Zone And In Joint Planes In A 20-40-Ft-Wide Brecciated Zone In A Granodiorite Dike (Patty, 1921, P. 277), And A Breccia Zone As Much As 500 Ft Wide Between Rhyolite And Basalt Is Mineralized (Huntting, 1956, P. 60).

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS FOR THE DEPOSIT INCLUDE A GRANODIORITE DIKE PROBABLY RELATED TO THE SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH (PATTY, 1921, P. 277-278) AND RHYOLITE AND BASALT ROCKS PROBABLY OF THE NACHES FORMATION (FRIZZELL, AND OTHERS, 1984, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 20 TONS SHIPPED TO THE TACOMA SMELTER PRIOR TO 1920 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 60).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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