Mine detail: Glacier Peak

Previously called 'CalumetMiners Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.1976, -120.98037

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Tungsten
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Galena, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Azurite, Copper, Gold
Gangue: Ankerite, Epidote, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Mica, Quartz, Realgar, Siderite, Talc, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite, Calcite
Orebody form: VEINLET STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: porphyry copper
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Cloudy Pass Pluton;Totem Pass Migmatite;Cloudy Pass Pluton, Cloudy Pass Pluton
Host type:Gneiss,Granitoid
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Major East-Northeast Trending Shear Zone, Northwest Projection Of Entiat Fault
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic

References

MRDSD000686
MAS530610001
DEP10008495
Reference{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 18, P. 63-64.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 84.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 347-348.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 28-29.}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1969, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROLS FOR BASE METAL DEPOSITION IN THE CASCADE RANGE OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 58, P. 71-74.}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1976, REPORT OF EVALUATION, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS STUDY ON UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE LAND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: PREPARED FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE - REGION 6, CONTRACT NO. 004724N, P. 27,}{Deposit:: GRANT, A.R., 1982, SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY DATA FOR THE GLACEIR PEAK WILDERNESS, CHELAN, SNOHOMISH, AND SKAGIT COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-408, P. 16-18.}{Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACKER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHIGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 89-82, P. 16.}{Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL AMERICAN METALS}{Deposit:: 1937 DIREXPL M.A. HANNA CO.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL INTERNA* SMELT. & REFIN. CO.}{Deposit:: U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1967, MINING IN THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS: FACT SHEET, 3 P.}{Deposit:: COLLINS, J. J., SCHOLZ, E. A., 1943, REPORT ON THE GLACIER PEAK COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT: U.S. GEOLOGIC SURVEY WAR MINERALS INVESTIGATION, 64 P.}{Geology:: BEAR CREEK MINING COMPANY, 1957, FINAL REPORT GLACIER PEAK PROJECT SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON: PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT, 36 P.}{Ownership:: ANDERSON, C. F., 1963, REPORT OF MINERAL EXAMINATION: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PATENT APPLICATION NO. W-04504, 9 P.}{Production:: KAISER ENGINEERS, 1967, GLACIER PEAK PROJECT SITE SELECTION STUDIES: PRIVATE REPORT PREPARED FOR KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION.}{Reserve-Resource:: Stotelmeyer, R. B., Johnson, F.L. McHugh, E.L., Federspiel, F.E., Denton, D.K., Jr., and Stebbins, S.A., 1981, Mineral resources of the Glacier Peak Wilderness and adjacent areas, Chelan, Skagit, and Snohomish counties, Washington: U.S. Bureau of Mines unpublished report, 368 p., 3 plates, 27 figures. This report is in the Washington Department of Geology and Earth Resources library.}{Reserve-Resource:: REED, G. C., 1968, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT GLACIER PEAK PROJECT: PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT, BEAR CREEK MINING COMPANY, 5 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: REED, G. C., 1967, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT GLACIER PEAK PROJECT: PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT, BEAR CREEK MINING COMPANY, 7 P.}{Workings:: KAISER ENGINEERS, 1967, GLACIER PEAK PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY: PRIVATE REPORT PREPARED FOR KENNECOTT COPPER}{Workings:: KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, 1966, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK DEPOSIT: PRIVATE COMPANY REPORT.}
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