Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Tungsten, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSeveral Gold-Bearing Veins Are Present At The Property. The Sailor Boy Vein Averages 6-Ft-Thick And Strikes S70e And Dips 70ne. The Quartz Vein Is Exposed Over A Distance Of 3000 Feet And Is In The Methow Gneiss (Culver And Broughton, 1945, P. 47; Bunning, 1990, Geol. Map).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Is A Tonalitic Gneiss Of Cretaceous Age That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite-Facies Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055992
MRDS IDSP00227
Alternate namesHighland Light
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.10983, -120.03617
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.CULVER, H.E.; BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 89 P., 23 PL.HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER, 116 P. [FACSIMILE REPRINTED 1967 IN TWO VOLUMES, MINING IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON, AND, MINING IN WESTERN WASHINGTON: SHOREY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.]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.LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S.; LYON, D.A.; ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, IN SIX PARTS; PART-II THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 123 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.