The Crystal Prospect is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.36306, -122.20250
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Crystal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crystal Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District
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 Gifford-Pinchot National Forest In Or Near Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Koontz, Mr. Witt, Mr. Burbee
Years: 1897 -
Production
Not available
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: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING
Comment (Location): ON MINERS CREEK
Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 77
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