Mine detail: Pickwick Mine

Previously called 'Van EppsPhantom CreekFortune CreekNelsonCopper King'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.50121, -120.97507

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Nickel, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Orebody form: STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATED
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Spirit Lake Stock
Host type:Diorite
Structure:Several Shear Zones
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic

References

MRDSM060165
DEP10042397
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 49-50.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, P. 29.}{Deposit:: HODGES, L.K. 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTE POST-INTELLIGENCER 116 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.O., 1904, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOLIO 106, SCALE 1:125,000.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 29.}{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. 004724, P. 45.}{Deposit:: GUALTIERI, J.L., SIMMONS, G.C., THURBER, H.K., AND MILLER, M.S., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1918, P. 89-98.}{Production:: HUNTTING, 1956, P. 49-50}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.