Washington · Ferry County
Occurrence

Golden Cord

Ferry County, Washington, United States
CopperLeadZincSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Is In Silicified Schist, Which Is Cut By Porphyry. Ore Occurs As Pockets And Sparse Disseminations In Small Quartz Veinlets (Huntting, 1956, P. 290).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueEpidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Sandstone,Carbonate
Associated rockDacite
Tectonic settingPaleocene To Eocene Granitic Rocks Intrude Metamorphosed Ordovician? Rocks In The Keller Graben (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map, P. 12).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055871
MRDS IDSP00070
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.05428, -118.60084
References
WDGER OFR 90-18JOSEPH, 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, 188 P.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.