Washington · Ferry County
Occurrence

Lancaster

Ferry County, Washington, United States
CopperLeadZincGoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlChimney-Like Zones As Much As 3 Ft. Wide Are Present At The Intersections Of Fractures In Limestone At Its Contact With Granite (Huntting, 1956, P. 54).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Siltstone,Limestone
Associated rockQuartz Latite
Tectonic settingEocene Felsic Rocks Intruded Permian-Triassic Metasedimentary And Metavolcanic Rocks Of The Area (Parker And Calkins, 1964, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055881
MRDS IDSP00083
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.91402, -118.5567
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.PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.