Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlMineralization Consists Of Lenticular Quartz Masses Containing Scattered Patches Of Ore In A Series Of Metamorphic Rocks Intruded By Granitic Dikes ( Huntting, 1956, P. 217).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueMarcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Argillite
Tectonic settingThe Granite Of Moses Mountain Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rock Of The Keller Butte Suite Were Emplaced During Regional Ductile Stretching Associated With Deformation In The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055977
MRDS IDSP00205
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.38206, -118.85725
References
BANCROFT, 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 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.WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.WDGER OF 90-18