Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Ore Is In A Sparsely Mineralized Quartz Vein That Ranges From A Stringer To 2 Ft. Wide And Occupies A Shear Zone In Quartz Monzonite Porphyry (Huntting, 1956, P. 294).
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Tectonic settingJurassic To Cretaceous Intrusive Rocks Intrude Ordovician? Sedimentary Rocks Of The Area (Joseph, 1990, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055901
MRDS IDSP00113
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.24513, -118.25778
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.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.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.WEAVER, C.E., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COVADA MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 16, 87 P.