Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Occurs In A 0.5-18-In.-Wide Vein Cutting Quartz Latite And Shale. The Vein Is Displaced By Minor Faults (Huntting, 1956, P. 120). (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockRhyodacite
Tectonic settingEpithermal Deposits Of The Republic District Are Found In Eocene Sanpoil Volcanics. (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055869
MRDS IDSP00068
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.65456, -118.76114
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.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.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF REPUBLIC MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 65 P.