The Dolphin Mine is a copper mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.445, -120.97806
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Dolphin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolphin Mine
Secondary: Bonanza
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
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 Wenatchee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phil Denny
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Year: 1917
Time Period: 1905-1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6% Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Peridotite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND THREE ADITS
Comment (Location): ON SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF MT. HAWKINS
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN
Comment (Geology): INGALLS COMPLEX IS AN OPHIOLITE
References
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. 60.
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. 129.
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