Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe 49th Parallel Deposit Is In The Chlorite Alteration Zone Of The Kelsey Porphyry Copper-Molybdenum Deposit (Roper, 1973).
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockPlutonic Rock
Tectonic settingThe Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055962
MRDS IDSP00183
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.99595, -119.4845
References
CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.HORTON, F.W., 1916, MOLYBDENUM, ITS ORES AND THEIR CONCENTRATION, WITH DISCUSSION OF MARKETS, PRICES, AND USES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 111, 132 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.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.ROPER, M.W., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE KELSEY COPPER-MOLYBDENUM PROPERTY, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 97 P., 5 PL.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.WDGER OF 90-18