Mine detail: Quartz Creek

Previously called 'RainyWestern States Copper'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.57037, -121.55564

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Ore: Brannerite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Tonalite
Tectonic:The Snoqualmie Batholith Is Part Of Early Magmatism Of The Cascade Magmatic Arc.

References

MRDSSP00142
DEP10055930
Reference{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:: 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:: WDGER OF-90-18}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave