The Peacock is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 48.14306, -120.87000
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Peacock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peacock
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Chiwawa District
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 Glacier Peak Wilderness In Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: UNKNOWN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A FEW SAMPLES ANALYZED. MAXIMUM VALUES ARE 5.3 OZ/TON AG, 0.07 OZ/TON AU, 0.,51% CU, 27% AS
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON CREST OF PHELPS RIDGE
Comment (Deposit): SMALL DEPOSITS INDICATED BY STOTELMEYER AND OTHERS (1982) TO BE "ANCIENT STEAM VENTS". OTHER INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE DEPOSIT IS MORE LIKELY RELATED TO THE PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION NEARBY
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A, SCALE 1:100,000.
Reference (Deposit): STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPEIL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 98-82, P. 21.
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