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Chain Lakes

Coordinates: 47°33′29″N 121°14′24″W / 47.558096°N 121.239866°W / 47.558096; -121.239866
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Chain Lakes
Location of Chain Lakes in Washington, USA.
Location of Chain Lakes in Washington, USA.
Chain Lakes
Location of Chain Lakes in Washington, USA.
Location of Chain Lakes in Washington, USA.
Chain Lakes
LocationKing County, Washington, United States
Coordinates47°33′29″N 121°14′24″W / 47.558096°N 121.239866°W / 47.558096; -121.239866
Primary inflowsLa Bohn Gap
Primary outflowsunnamed
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation5,515 ft (1,681 m)[1]

Chain Lakes are a set of small freshwater lakes located on a gulley on the south skirt of La Bohn Peak, in the far east border of King County, Washington.[2] Chain Lakes is surrounded by prominent peaks and lakes at the heart of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.

Mining

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Chain Lakes is located in an area of rugged cirques and sharp ridges where mining has been occurring since 1896. The mine has been called Dutch Miller mine where prospecting has been on sulfide minerals and high grade copper deposits found in quartz-tourmaline shoots in the granodiorite rock.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ *U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chain Lakes
  2. ^ Beckey, Fred (2000). Cascade Alpine Guide: Columbia River to Stevens Pass. Mountaineers Books. p. 201. ISBN 9780898865776.
  3. ^ Geological Survey Bulletin - Issue 1542. United States: U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey; Washington, D.C. 1989. p. 102.