Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Is In A Well-Defined 1-6-Ft.-Wide Quartz Vein Filling An Irregular Fracture In Phonolite. The Vein Is Sparsely Mineralized And Low Grade Except In The Zone Of Secondary Enrichment, Which Extends From The Surface To A Depth Of About 150 Ft. (Huntting, 1956, P. 295). Wall Rock Adjacent To The Vein Is Brecciated And Sheared, And The Breccia Is Cemented By Quartz, Chlorite, And Fluorite. Ore Was Mined From Ore Shoots In The Zone Of Secondary Enrichment (Moen, 1980, P. 70).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Hessite, Krennerite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite, Zoisite
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockPhonolite
Tectonic settingSequence Of Eocene Volcanic Rocks In The Toroda Creek Graben (Pearson, 1967, Geol. Map).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055910
MRDS IDSP00122
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.76123, -118.83447
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.MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188P.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.PEARSON, R.C., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BODIE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FERRY AND OKANOGAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-636, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,500, WITH 4 P. TEXT.STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.