Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Zinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSee Comments
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureThe Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Suite With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Being Intruded By Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks. The Undeformed Body Is On The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault (Buddington And Burmester, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055998
MRDS IDSP00235
Alternate namesCaaba, Kaaba-Texas;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.95428, -119.65257
References
BUDDINGTON, A.M.; BURMESTER, R.F., 1990, THE SIMILKAMEEN BATHOLITH: A MID-JURASSIC, POST-TECTONIC COMPLEX IN THE QUESNEL TERRANE, NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 22, NO. 3, P. 10-11.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.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.MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 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.