The Eagle Peak Mine is a copper mine located in Lewis county, Washington at an elevation of 3,396 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: 3,396 Feet (1,035 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.75583, -121.78000
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Eagle Peak Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eagle Peak Mine
Secondary: Claims: Aldula
Secondary: Paradise
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: Lewis
District: Mt. Rainier District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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 Mount Rainier National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eagle Peak Copper Mining Co., Ashford (Pre-
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTEDLY 1-5% CO IN SOME SAMPLES
Analytical Data: 18-TON SHIPMENT YIELDED 8.05% CU, 0.09 OZ AU, 1.87 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Linnaeite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. ON WEST SLOPE OF EAGLE PEAK IN MT. RAINIER AREA ABOUT 7 MI SOUTH OF SUMMIT OF MOUNT RAINIER
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORDS W017915, D000665 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Production): NOT OVER 200 TONS TOTAL PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED JOINTS OR SLIP PLANES IN GRANITE DIKES. ONE ZONE IS 6 IN.-5 FT THICK AND CARRIES A STREAK OF HIGH-GRADE ORE 1-14 IN. THICK; GOLD VALUES ARE IN THE ARSENOPYRITE. ORE FROM NEAR PORTAL OF OLD DRIFT ABOUT 15 FT ABOVE PRESENT DRIFT LEVEL WAS SLIGHTLY RADIOACTIVE. ORE APPEARS TO BE IN DIKES COMING OFF THE TATOOSH PLUTON
Comment (Workings): DRIFT, CROSSCUT
Comment (Deposit): 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): HUNTING, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 148.
Reference (Deposit): KING, R.U., 1966, MOLYBDENUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRIING OFFICE, P. 112.
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. 61.
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