Mine detail: Clipper

Previously called 'Snoqualmie CopperKatie Belle'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.51788, -121.34564

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite
Gangue: Chlorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED, STOCKWORK VEINLETS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Snoqualmie Batholith, Northern Phase
Host type:Tonalite
Associated rock:Naches Formation
Associated type:Andesite
Tectonic:Part Of A Northeast-Trending Belt Of En Echelon (Nw-Striking) Faults, Fractures, And Breccia Pipes Defining A Porphyry Copper System.

References

MRDSSP00134
DEP10055922
Reference{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. 109-110.}{Deposit:: FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; TABOR, R.W.; BOOTH, D.B.; ORT, K.M.; WAITT, R.B., 1984, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNOQUALMIE PASS 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-693, 42 P., 1 PL.}{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, 107 P.}{Deposit:: GUALTIERI, J.L.; THURBER, H.K.; MILLER, M.S.; MCMAHAN, A.B.; FEDERSPIEL, F.F.,1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, 161 P., 2 PL., p. 54, 68-71.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.}{Deposit:: MC INTYRE, A.W., 1907, COPPER DEPOSITS OF WASHINGTON: AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS, 9TH ANNUAL SESSION, REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS, P. 238-250.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 18, 118 P., 6 PL. (p. 28-29)}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINER, 1967, WESTLAND MINES LTD.; P. 128}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION: MELROSE, J.W., 1941, MINERALIZATION OF THE AREA TO BE SERVED BY THE MIDDLE FORK OF SNOQUALMIE RIVER ROAD. CARITHERS, WARD, 1942, MEMORANDUM TO SHELDON C. GLOVER. THESE REPORTS ARE IN Washington Divison of Geology and Earth Resources FILES.}{Deposit:: HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PROPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 32.}
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