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Copper King

Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Antimony
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107729
MRDS ID D001722
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.56333, 48.94833 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Acc. From topo, geonames.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadpoint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 041E 25 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Original lat/long coords 48-50N 117-30W are very imprecise. No seconds, and minutes rounded to 10's (+/- 20km). This location falls in Pend Oreille county. The stated political location in the record is Stevens county. No UTM given. PLSS coords are 40N 41E sect 25. The center of sect 25 translates to 48 56 41N 117 34 20W. This location falls in Stevens county and is very close to the Copper King mine in GEONAMES 48 56 54N 117 33 48W. The GEONAMES coords were used to replace the original coordinates.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56333, 48.94833
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 17-JUL-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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

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