Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Deposit Exposed In The Mine Is In The Zone Just Below The Sinter Zone Of A Typical Hot-Spring Deposit. Veins Are Associated With Some Dikes (Walt Hunt Personal Commun., 1990, Tschauder, 1989).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrargyrite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockRhyodacite
Tectonic settingEpithermal Depostis Are Found In The Sanpoil Volcanics And Are Similar To Deposits Of The Republic District.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055880
MRDS IDSP00080
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.87874, -118.6267
References
WDGER OFR 90-18JOSEPH, N.L., 1990, MINERAL INDUSTRY NEWS NOTES: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 19-20.MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUAD. AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUAD., WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 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.