Mine detail: Mineral Creek

Previously called 'DurrwachterLiberty Lode'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.42454, -121.25563

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Tectonic:	Mineralization Occurs In Shear Zones, Along Joint Planes, And In A Brecciated Zone, Which Suggests Mineralization Took Place Following Deformation Of Metamorphic Rocks And Deposition Of The Overlying Eocene Rocks (Frizzell And Others, 1984, Geol. Map; Huntting, 1956, P. 60).

References

MRDS	SP00160
DEP	10055948
Reference	{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:: 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:: MILLER, R. B., 1985, THE OPHIOLITIC INGALLS COMPLEX, NORTH-CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 96, NO. 1, P. 27-42.}{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.}{Deposit:: WDGER OF 90-18}
Reporter	Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave