The United Copper Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.32111, -117.66250
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United Copper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: United Copper Mine
Secondary: United Silver - Copper Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: United Copper Inc.
Owner Name: Chewelah Copper Co., Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR - IRREGULAR THICKNESS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping, Ne Trending Metasedimentary Rocks Intruded By Granodiorite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization Of Wall Rock.
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TETRAHEDRITE, IN ZONE 2 TO 12 INCHES THICK AND 100 TO 200 FEET LONG, RAKES NORTHWARD AT STEEP ANGLE, AND EXTENDS TO DEEPEST PART OF MINE AND IS MOST STRONGLY PRONOUNCED ON LOWER LEVELS. THIS WAS SEPARATED FROM OTHER VEIN MATERIAL AND SHIPPED AS CRUDE ORE (UNMILLED.)
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 5 WELL-DEFINED PARALLEL VEINS ARE IN OR NEAR THE MINE, RANGE IN WIDTH FROM 1 TO 19 FEET, AVERAGE 5 FEET. RICH SILVER ORE IN TETRAHEDRITE IN NARROW ZONE ALONG FOOTWALL OF MAIN VEIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N. 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 123-131
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN, QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 104
Reference (Deposit): 1906 DIREXPL UNITED COPPER MINING CO. PRODUCTION
Reference (Deposit): 1919 DIREXPL UNITED SILVER - CU MINING COMPANY
Reference (Production): U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872
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