The Chinook is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.88833, -121.49889
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Chinook MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chinook
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Yakima
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1941
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: LENS CONTAINING DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): LENS 4-5 FT WIDE AT CONTACT OF IRON-STAINED GRANODIORITE AND ANDESITE
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017916 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA
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. 570.
Reference (Production): DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990
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