Washington · King County
Occurrence

Snoqualmie

King County, Washington, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlGash Veins Are Present In Granodiorite. Some High-Grade Ore Came From The No. 6 Vein (Huntting, 1956, P. 59).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockTonalite
Tectonic settingThe Snoqualmie Batholith Is Part Of Early Magmatism Of The Cascade Magmatic Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055933
MRDS IDSP00145
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.64453, -121.48953
References
HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.WDGER OF-90-18