Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlQuartz Fissure Veins Are In Limestone, Argillite, And Quartzite And In Quartz- And Plagioclase-Bearing Porphyritic Rocks. The N15-80e-Striking Vein Dips 10-35nw And Is 8-12 Inches Wide. Gouge Zones Are Present Along The Hanging And Foot Walls Of The Vein; Normal Faults Perpendicular To The Vein Have Resulted In Minor Offsets. Sulfide Minerals Are Sparsely Disseminated In The Vein Or Are Present As Thin, Discontinuous Bands That Roughly Parallel The Walls Of The Vein (Moen, 1980, P. 45).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Argillite,Limestone
Associated rockFelsic Volcanic Rock
StructureLate Paleozoic Rocks Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055982
MRDS IDSP00212
Alternate namesCrystal Butte Camp, Mother Lode;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.92067, -119.00587
References
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.MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 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.DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.