Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlA Lens Of Quartz, Which Is 15 Feet Long And 3 Feet Wide At Its Thickest Portion, Occurs In A Shear Zone In Cretaceous Tonalitic Gneiss (Huntting, 1956, P. 140; Bunning, 1990, Geol. Map).
Materials
GangueQuartz
Other materialsPyrite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Is A Cretaceous Tonalitic Gneiss That Has Been Metamorphosed To The Amphibolite Facies (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055990
MRDS IDSP00224
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.08372, -120.02589
References
BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.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.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.