Mine detail: Pickwick Mine

Previously called 'Van EppsPhantom CreekFortune CreekNelsonCopper King'

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.50121, -120.97507
dep_id: 10042397
mrds_id: M060165
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Nickel, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Biotite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Quartz, Sericite, Talc
orebody_fm: STOCKWORK, DISSEMINATED
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
alteration: Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic
Reporter: Puffett, Willard P., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Ingalls Tectonic Complex;Spirit Lake Stock
hrock_type: Diorite
Structure: Several Shear Zones
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
Year first produced: 1917
disc_yr: 1885
discr: N.B. Nelson
References:
  • 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
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