The Mesatchee Creek Prospects is a copper mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.87917, -121.41417
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Mesatchee Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mesatchee Creek Prospects
Secondary: American River
Secondary: Morse-Union
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Yakima
Land Status
Land ownership: National Wilderness
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 William O. Douglas Wilderness In Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Duval International Corp.
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Porphyry Cu
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED AND IN NARROW VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granodiorite Sericitized, Silicified; Rhyolite Heavily Stained By Fe-Oxides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 27 SAMPLES YIELDED MAXIMUMS OF TR AU, 0.2 OZ/TON AG, 0.072% CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED
Comment (Commodity): SUPERGENE COPPER MINERALS ARE RARE
Comment (Development): DUVAL ENCOUNTERED SECONDARY CHALCOCITE ZONE IN DRILL HOLE
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, SEVERAL PITS, DIAMOND DRILL HOLE
References
Reference (Deposit): HOLLISTER, V.F., 1979, PORPHYRY COPPER-TYPE DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE VOLCANIC ARC, WASHINGTON: MINERALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, V. 11, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 54-55.
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