Keefer Brothers

Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Tungsten, Bismuth, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Uranium, Nickel, Cobalt, Antimony, Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107740
MRDS ID D001761
Record type Site
Current site name Keefer Brothers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89037, 48.15454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON WEST SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN NEAR HEADWATERS OF CHIWAWA RIVER, 1 MILE SOUTH OF LYMAN GLACIER, Estimated On Northern Prospect Symbol On West Slope Of Red Mountain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Suiattle Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 016E 29 NEAR CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON WEST SLOPE OF RED MOUNTAIN NEAR HEADWATERS OF CHIWAWA RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration Of Granodiorite

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE TAKEN AT MOST RADIOACTIVE SPOT KNOWN ON VEINS ASSAYED 0.1% U3O8
Result AG CONTENT OF ORE RUNS ABOUT 2 OZ FOR EACH 1% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89037, 48.15454

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE INTRUDES SCHIST AND GNEISS AND IS PROBABLY AN OUTLIER OF THE CLOUDY PASS PLUTON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In Glacier Peak Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS

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, P. 268

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. & LONG. ARE GENERAL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORDS D000650, W017897 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit VEINS ARE IN NARROW FISSURES WITH SOME HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF HOST ROCKS. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-75 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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