Commodities
PrimarySilver, Antimony, Copper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlRocks Near The Mountain Boy Mine Trend Northeast And Dip 30-60nw. Quartz Lenses At The Mine Vary From 0.5 To 18 In. In Width And From 2 In. To 30 Ft. In Length. The Lenses Contain Irregularly Scattered Patches Of Sulfide Minerals. The Sulfide Minerals Show Some Banding And Are Brecciated. Both The Quartz Lenses And Metasedimentary Rocks Are Cut By Calcite-Filled Stringers (Pardee, 1918, P. 95).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite,Limestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureThe Granite Of Moses Mountain Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rocks Of The Keller Butte Suite Were Emplaced During Regional Ductile Stretching Associated With Deformation In The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056013
MRDS IDSP00258
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.37623, -118.86892
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.HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.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.JOSEPH, N. L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.