Copper World Extension

Okanogan County, Washington, United States

CopperGoldSilverTungstenZincIron

Commodities

PrimaryCopper, Gold

SecondarySilver

TertiaryTungsten, Zinc, Iron

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsUnknown

Orebody formTABULAR

Ore controlOre In Schistose Andesite Near Contact With Highly Silicified Andesite; Also Some Relation To Shear Zones

Materials

Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite

GangueCalcite, Serpentine, Talc

Geology

Host rockAndesite · Palmer Mtn Greenstone

Associated rockDiabase,Greenstone

StructureHanging Wall Part Of Fault

AlterationSee Comments

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1912

Last production1919

Identification

Deposit ID10041482

MRDS IDM056534

Alternate namesIron Mask, Iron Master?

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates48.85706, -119.59284

References

WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 64.WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL 23, P. 240-243WASH. DMG BULL 64, P. 84-85, PLATES 1-2HUNTTING, 1956