Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlMineralization Is Present In En Echelon Lenses Of Quartz As Much As 50 Feet Long And 1-5 Feet Wide, In The Hanging Wall Over Contact (Possibly Fault) That Strikes N46w And Dips 52sw Between A Porphyrytic Granodiorite And Quartz Monzonite Pluton And Argillite And Slate (Umpleby, 1911, P. 97; Rinehart And Fox, 1972, Geol. Map).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite
StructureMarine Rocks Of The Specticle Formation Were Derived From Sediments Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056001
MRDS IDSP00239
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.88984, -119.53367
References
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.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.