The Copper King Prospect is a lead mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 48.57806, -119.75222
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Copper King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper King Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
District: Conconcully District; Salmon Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Salmon Creek Fault (Nw Trending Fault) Is About 1.75 Miles West Of The Site
Type: L
Description: 3 Ft Mineralized Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized At Surface
Rocks
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Mica Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $38 AG, PB, CU
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS WERE DERIVED FROM PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS AND VOLCANICS THAT WERE SUBJECTED TO REGIONAL METAMORPHISM DURING THE JURASSIC OROGENY, AND WHICH WERE LATER INVADED BY GRANITIC MAGMAS OF PROBABLY LATE MESOZOIC AGE. ; GEOL.DESC: QTZ HONEY COMBED (SURFACE) HAS SULFIDES AT FEW FEET DEPTH
Comment (Development): 2 ADITS.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT AND 50 FT ADITS.
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER SEC 31.
Comment (Commodity): NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): QTZ VEIN 7 FT WIDE IN MICA SCHIST; QTZ IS HONEYCOMBED AT SURFACE BUT CARRIES SULFIDES AT DEPTHS FO A FEW FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 218.
Reference (Deposit): WASH. DMG IC 49, P. 7-9, 29
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