Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSeveral Veins Are Present At The Property. The Mineralized Rock Consists Of Northeast-Striking, Steeply Dipping, Quartz Veins That Cut The Gneiss. Several Dikes Are Parallel To Basic Dikes That Cut The Gneiss (Culver And Broughton, 1945, P. 46).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockBasalt
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Is A Tonalitic Gneiss That Has Been Metamorphosed To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055993
MRDS IDSP00228
Alternate namesHunter
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.1165, -120.05811
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.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.