Washington · Ferry County
Occurrence

Gwin

Ferry County, Washington, United States
SilverCopperGoldLeadTungsten
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlQuartz Veins Are As Much As 4 Ft. Wide And Are Parallel To The Bedding In Quartzite And Argillite (Huntting, 1956, P. 290).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Malachite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite
Tectonic settingHost Rocks Are Metamorphosed Ordovician? Rocks (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map, P. 21).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055874
MRDS IDSP00073
Alternate namesGuinn, Hall Creek;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.29346, -118.23529
References
WDGER OFR 90-18CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.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.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.