Commodities
PrimaryIron, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlTwo Or Three Irregular Replacement Bodies Are Present In Limestone In A Sequence Of Contact-Metamorphosed Limestone And Argillite Cut By Monzonite Dikes. Iron Sulphides Are More Abundant Than Magnetite (Huntting, 1956, P. 195).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Tremolite
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Siltstone,Limestone,Chert
Associated rockRhyodacite
Tectonic settingEocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Republic Graben (Meussig, 1967, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055862
MRDS IDSP00061
Alternate namesBlue Bell-Belcher
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.72374, -118.54724
References
WDGER OFR 90-18BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.GLOVER, S.L., 1942, WASHINGTON IRON ORES, A SUMMARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 2, 23 P.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.MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.SHEDD, SOLON; JENKINS, O. P.; COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS, AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, 160 P., 1 PL.