Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated rockRhyodacite,Plutonic Rock
Tectonic settingThe Cannon Mine Is Situated In The Chiwakum Graben (Eocene), A North-Northwest Trending Right-Lateral, Strike-Slip Graben Bounded By The Entiat Fault Zone On The East And The Leavenworth Fault Zone On The West (Ott And Others, 1986, P. 426)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production yearsMID 1980'S TO PRESENT (1990)
Identification
Deposit ID10055841
MRDS IDSP00039
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.39539, -120.32644
References
WDGER OFR 90-18.GRESENS, R.L., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE AND MONITOR QUADRANGLES, CHELAN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 75, 75 P., 3 PL.HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.JOSEPH, N.L., 1990, MINERAL INDUSTRY NEWS NOTES: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 19-20.OTT, L.E., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE MINING DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THESIS, 270P., 2 PL.OTT, L.E.; GROODY, DIANE; FOLLIS, E.L.; SIEMS, P.L., 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. IN MCDONALD, A.J., EDITOR, GOLD '86-AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS-PROCEEDINGS VOLUME:GOLD '86 [TORONTO, ONT.], P. 425-435PATTON, T.C.; CHENEY, E.S., 1971, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON-NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION:SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 250, NO. 1, P. 6-11.UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION GAINED FROM A TOUR OF THE CANNON MINE LEAD BY MINE GEOLOGIST M. MELHORN ON JULY 25, 1990, IS SUPPLEMENTED THE PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE CANNON MINE GEOLOGY.