Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Vein Is In Hornstone That Weathers Rusty And Is Irregularly Mineralized. An Exposed Vein Width Of At Least 1 Ft. Contained A "Fair Proportion" Of Galena (Huntting, 1956, P. 214).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockArgillite
Associated rockDiorite
Tectonic settingJurassic To Cretaceous Granitic To Granodioritic Rocks Intrude Metamorphosed Ordovician? Rocks (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map, P. 34).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055897
MRDS IDSP00109
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.23735, -118.18028
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.JOSEPH, N.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.