Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
TertiaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEIN
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
Associated rockTonalite · Index Batholith;Index Batholith
Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10048633
MRDS IDMP00234
Alternate namesIndex Gold Mines, Inc., Index Silver Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.90564, -121.45232
References
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 351.HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 160.DERKEY, R.E., AND GULICK, C.W., 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1991: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 20, NO. 1, P. 3-25.HUNTTING, 1956