Chain Lakes | |
Location: | King County, Washington, United States |
Coords: | 47.5581°N -121.2399°W |
Outflow: | unnamed |
Basin Countries: | United States |
Elevation: | 5515feet |
Pushpin Map: | Washington#USA |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Chain Lakes in Washington, USA. |
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.[1] Chain Lakes is surrounded by prominent peaks and lakes at the heart of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness.
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.[2]