Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlVeins Are At Or Near The Contact Of The Metasedimentary Rocks And Granite Of Moses Mountain. The Main Vein Strikes Northeast And Dips 45nw To Vertical (Pardee, 1918)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Fluorite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Argillite,Limestone
Associated rockGranite
StructureMetamorphosed Sediments That Were Originally Deposited Along A Paleozoic Active Continental Margin Are Intruded By The Granite Of Moses Mountain. The Granite Of Moses Mountain Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). Rocks Of 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 ID10056027
MRDS IDSP00276
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.36234, -118.87586
References
BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 550, 215 P.COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, 1984, REVISED GEOLOGY AND MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON, 1984: COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES [NESPELEM, WASH.], 2 V.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.GAGE, H. L., COMPILER, 1941, SOME FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ZINC-LEAD MINES THAT COULD SUPPLY ZINC CONCENTRATES TO A PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTROLYTIC ZINC INDUSTRY; DOMESTIC WESTERN MINES IV-THE ZINC-LEAD MINES OF WASHINGTON: U.S. BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION MARKET DEVELOPMENT SECTION, 235 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.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.