Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlTwo Oxidized Quartz Veins, 3 To 12 In. In Width, In Decomposed Gneiss (Huntting, 1956, P. 116)
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Tectonic settingThe Chelan Complex Formed In Late Cretaceous And Consists Of High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks That Were Intruded By Numerous Plutons. These Massive Tonalite Plutons Were Again Metamorphosed In Latest Cheatceous And Earliest Tertiary Time (Tabor And Others, 1987, P. 5-6). The Relation Between Metamorphism And Emplacement Of The Quartz Veins Is Unknown.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055850
MRDS IDSP00048
Alternate namesRogers
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.71455, -120.27339
References
WDGER OFR 90-18.HOPSON, C.A.; MATTINSON, J.M., 1971, METAMORPHISM AND PLUTONISM, LAKE CHELAN REGION, NORHTHERN CASCADES, WASHINGTON [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, CORDILLERAN SECTION, PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS, P. 13.HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 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, 67 P.TABOR, R.W.; WAITT, R.B.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; SWANSON, D.A.; BYERLY, G.R.; BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.