Mountain Springs

The Mountain Springs is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,051 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

Name: Mountain Springs

State:  Washington

County:  Skamania

Elevation: 2,051 Feet (625 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 45.78778, -122.20806

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Mountain Springs MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mountain Springs


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Washougal 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


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Kenneth L. Bruhn, Sr., Mining Division
Years: 1991 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

Not available


Orebody

Form: STOCKWORK


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Comment (Development): APPLIED FOR PERMIT FOR TEST MINING

Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION FOR DEPOSIT. DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A BRECCIA PIPE CU DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL

Comment (Deposit): MINERS QUEEN AND BLACK JACK DEPOSITS ARE NEARBY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700156, M700180


References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25


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