Alder Mill

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131395
MAS/MILS ID 0530479007
Record type Site
Current site name Alder Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -120.12258, 48.35423 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twisp East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033 N 022 E 18 E2SESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -120.12258, 48.35423

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alder Copper-Gold Co.
    Home office Portland, Or
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVERFLOW FROM TAILINGS POND A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY. CONFIRMED GROUNDWATER, SEDIMENT, SOIL, AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION: EPA PRIORITY POLLUTANTS-METALS AND CYANIDE; OTHER NON- PRIORITY POLLUTANT METALS. STATUS: RANKED, AWAITING REMEDIAL ACTION (RA).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-94 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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