Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlA Friable White Quartz Vein Is 1 To 12 Feet Wide, Averages 3-4 Feet Wide, And Crops Out For About 2500 Feet. The Vein Dips 10w At The Surface And 45w At Depth. Faults Offset The Vein (Rinehart And Fox, 1972, P. 88).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
Associated rockDiorite · Whiskey Mountain Pluton
StructureMarine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055991
MRDS IDSP00225
Alternate namesJosie
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.90012, -119.547
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.RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 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.