Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlMineralization Is In A 3-Ft-Wide Vein Composed Of Sheared Granitic Rock And Quartz. Iron-Oxide Bands From 1 To 3 In. Wide On Each Wall Of The Vein Carry Free Gold (Huntting, 1956, P. 146).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Scheelite
GangueIron, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Protolith Was Intruded At Moderate Crustal Levels And Then Metamorphosed To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056020
MRDS IDSP00267
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.10094, -120.05506
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, 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.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.WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.