Mine detail: Copper Point

Previously called 'Red Mountain-Chiwawa'

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Location: Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.16954, -120.87509
dep_id: 10048598
mrds_id: MP00196
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm: VEINS
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Limonitization
ore_ctrl: Contact
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Swakane Biotite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Cloudy Pass Pluton
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Entiat Fault
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • 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.
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