Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Deposit Consists Of Three Quartz Veins Cutting Quartzite And Slate. One Vein Is 16 Inches Wide And Another Is 2 To 8 Inches Wide (Huntting, 1956, P. 289).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockWacke
Tectonic settingMetamorphosed Ordovician? Rocks Were Intruded By Jurassic To Tertiary Rocks (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map, P. 21).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055868
MRDS IDSP00067
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.27207, -118.21333
References
WDGER OFR 90-18HUNTTING, 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.JOSEPH, N.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188P.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.WEAVER, C.E., 1913 GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COVADA MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16, 87 P.