Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlA Quartz Vein As Much As 12 Feet Wide Cuts Country Rock Of Limestone, Quartzite, And Schist. Ore Minerals Are Disseminated In The Quartz (Huntting, 1956, P. 145).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Schist,Limestone
StructureMarine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Formed Along And Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056018
MRDS IDSP00264
Alternate namesOwasco, Allison;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.95706, -119.48561
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.FOX, K.F., JR., 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-128, 3 SHEETS, SCALE 1:62,500.HANDY, F.M., 1916, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN OKANOGAN COUNTY: STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 100, 27P.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.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.WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.