Washington · Ferry County
Occurrence
California
Ferry County, Washington, United States
Gold Silver
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Is In A Quartz Vein Along A Fracture Zone In Greenstone And Argillite (Huntting, 1956, P. 119).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Argillite,Wacke
Tectonic settingEocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Area (Muessig, 1967, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
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References
WDGER OFR 90-18BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 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.TSCHAUDER, R.J., 1989, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L. AND OTHERS; EDITORS, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 241-253.
Identification
Deposit ID10055867
MRDS IDSP00066
Alternate namesApollo
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.60263, -118.5828
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.