Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe Fissure Quartz Veinis In A Shear Zone In Granodiorite; The Zone Strikes N45w And Dips 42sw. Ore Minerals Occur As Sparsely Scattered Grains In The Vein (Moen, 1976, P. 121).
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Anderson Creek Pluton
StructureThe Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056030
MRDS IDSP00281
Alternate namesPyrargyrite
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.93566, -119.69535
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.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., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 P.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.