Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralization Is In A 3-Ft-Wide Quartz Vein In Gneissic Diorite (Huntting, 1956, P. 142).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Protolith Was Probably Intruded At Moderate Crustal Levels; The Intrusive Was Later Metamorphosed To The Amphibolite Grade Together With Other Metamorphic Rocks In The Area (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055995
MRDS IDSP00231
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.1565, -120.12117
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.DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES: OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.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.