Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Vein Is Thought To Be An Offshoot Of The Lone Pine Vein And Cuts Propylitic Andesite. The Ore Shoot, Which Was 30 Ft. Long And 2.5 Ft. Wide, Is Now Stoped Out (Huntting, 1956, P. 121). (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockRhyodacite
Tectonic settingEpithermal Deposits Of The Republic District Are Found In The Eocene Sanpoil Volcanics. (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055877
MRDS IDSP00076
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.66678, -118.74725
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.