Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlArgillite - Phyllite Contact On Crest And Limbs Of North-Plunging Anticline
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Mission Argillite-Argillite, Phyllite
StructureBeds Dip Ne Dip 30-45 Nw, Anticline Plunging Nw.
AlterationUpper 20 To 50 Feet Of Phyllite Bleached
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1890
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10042349
MRDS IDM060104
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.72541, -117.99556
References
WEAVER, C.E., 1920 THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 174-176HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 244.1894 DIREXPL CONSOLIDATED BONANZA MINING AND SMELTING1914 DIREXPL G. J. VERVAEKE1945 DIREXPL HUNLEY AND GIBBS D1B/A BONANZA LEAD