The Goat Rocks is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 46.52083, -121.47000
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Goat Rocks MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goat Rocks
Secondary: Glacier Lode Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
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 Goat Rocks Wilderness In Gifford Pinchot And Snoqualmie National Forests
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1939
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Phyllic, Propylitic, Silicic, Pyrite Development
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAXIMUM OF CHIP SAMPLES: 1.1 OZ/TON AG, 50 PPM CU, 103 PPM PB, 104 PPM ZN
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRONOUNCED MAGNETIC LOW AND GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES. GLACIER LODE CLAIM APPEARS LONG ABANDONED
Comment (Deposit): TWO OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE GOAT ROCKS STUDY AREA HAVE POSSIBLE PORPHYRY COPPER-RELATED MINERALIZATION BUT ARE DEEMED LESS FAVORABLE THAN THE GOAT ROCKS AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AREA IS DETERMINED TO HAVE A MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR PORPHYRY COPPER TYPE MINERALIZATION
Comment (Commodity): ELEMENTS LISTED ARE GEOCHEMICALLY ANOMALOUS IN SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE MINERALIZED AREA
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. AREA IS JUST NORTH OF OLD SNOWY MOUNTAIN BENEATH AND WEST OF THE PACKWOOD GLACIER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR GLACIER LODE CLAIM
Comment (Geology): AREA HAS PRONOUNCED COLOR ANOMALY DUE TO OXIDATION OF PYRITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CHURCH, S.E., SWANSON, D.A., WILLIAMS, D.L., CLAYTON, G.A., CLOSE, T.J., AND PETERS, T.J., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GOAT ROCKS WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT ROADLESS AREAS, LEWIS AND YAKIMA COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1653-A, SCALE 1:48,000
Reference (Reserve-Resource): CHURCH AND OTHERS, 1983
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