Mine detail: Copper Point

Previously called 'Red Mountain-Chiwawa'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.16954, -120.87509

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: VEINS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Swakane Biotite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Cloudy Pass Pluton
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Entiat Fault
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Limonitization

References

MRDSMP00196
DEP10048598
Reference{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. 33.}{Deposit:: STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPEIL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 98-82, P. 21.}{Deposit:: CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.