Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNorth-Striking, West-Dipping, Quartz And Calcite Veins In Fractures 0.5-6 Inches Wide In Sheared And Brecciated Rock, Visible Gold Is Present In Veins And Stringers. The Adit Is In Hydrothermally Altered Granitic Rocks, Greenstone, And Siltite (Moen, 1980, P. 35).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSilt,Greenstone
Associated rockGranite
StructureThe Kobau Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055989
MRDS IDSP00223
Alternate namesEagle
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.9629, -119.04477
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.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.