Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureTwo Sets Of Faults. One Strikes N.0-30 Deg W. The Other N. 70 Deg. W. - N 70 Deg. E. Dip Steep. Offset Few Feet.
AlterationHost Rock Greisinized Near Vein.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1904
Discovery year1894
Identification
Deposit ID10042355
MRDS IDM060112
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.00818, -118.10054
References
CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 77-79HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 348CAMPBELL, A.B. AND RAUP, O.B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-2761906 DIREXPL GERMANIA MINING COMPANY1931 DIREXPL TUNGSTEN PRODUCERS MINED AND MILLED1936 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MINED AND MILLED1940 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R., UNPUBLISHED REPORTHUNTTING, M.T. 1956 - P. 348