Crystal Prospect

The Crystal Prospect is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 2,700 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

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Site Name

Primary: Crystal Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens 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 In Or Near Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. Koontz, Mr. Witt, Mr. Burbee
Years: 1897 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Geology): NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE; GEOLOGY FROM RECENT MAPPING

Comment (Location): ON MINERS CREEK

Comment (Deposit): NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

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. 77

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