Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Is In Three Parallel Veins Of Banded Quartz In Adesite Flow Breccia. The Productive Vein Is 10-12 Ft. Wide (Huntting, 1956, P. 122). (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 ID10055888
MRDS IDSP00095
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.67956, -118.76836
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.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1952, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1952: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 20, 75 P.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.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF REPUBLIC MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 65 P.