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Gold Creek Claims

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179975
MAS/MILS ID 0530370366
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Creek Claims
Alternate or previous names Chris Claims, Alta Pass Project

Comments on the site names

  • THIS RECORD SHOULD INCLUDE AREA COVERED BY 0530370382, 0530370383, 0530370064, AND 0530370360. LOCATION IS AT AREA OF SEVERAL DRILL HOLES. THIS DEPOSIT IS A PORPHYRY COPPER. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG GOLD CREEK IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FROM THIS SITE.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.33039, 47.45702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 023 N 012 E 27 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.33039, 47.45702
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Gold Creek Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Phelps Dodge Corp.
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brameda Resources Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-1994 Sweeney, Thomas M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Phelps Dodge Corp. — acquired by Subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan (2007)
    Acquired by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold in 2007 in what was then the largest mining-industry deal ever (~US$26 B).

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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