Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Gold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Quartz Veins Cutting Serpentine Are Said To Average 2 Ft. In Width (Hutting, 1956, P. 122). Veins Are Found In And Near The Sheared Contact Between Greenstone And Serpentinite. Gold-Pyrite-Quartz Veins Are Prevalent In The Greenstone, And Pyrite-Chalcopyrite-Quartz Veins Are Commonly Found At The Contact Between Serpentine And Greenstone (Parker And Calkins, 1964, P. 89).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Scheelite
GanguePyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Tectonic settingPermian-Triassic Rocks Are In Contact With Serpentine (Parker And Calkins, 1964, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055887
MRDS IDSP00093
Alternate namesLucile Dreyfus, Faithful Surprise, Mineral Hill, Virginia;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.96068, -118.51586
References
WDGER OFR 90-18BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, 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.PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.