Commodities
PrimaryLead, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe Deposit Contains A Black To White, Northwest-Striking, East-Dipping, 2-15-Ft-Wide Quartz Vein In Graphitic Argillite. The Vein Walls Are Generally Well-Defined, But In Several Places The Vein Gradually Grades Into Argillite; The Vein Also Contains Fragments Of Argillite. Locally, The Vein Is Offset By North- And Northeast-Trending, High-Angle Faults. Ore Minerals Are Sparsely Disseminated In Quartz (Moen, 1980, P. 37).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Other materialsMarcasite
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
StructureMarine Sedimentary Rocks Of The Spectacle Formation Formed Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056024
MRDS IDSP00272
Alternate namesMolson, Overtop;
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.97401, -119.12366
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.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.MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 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.