Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlThe Shear Zone In Argillite Carries A Vein 70ft Long And As Much As 3ft Wide; It Is Sparsely Mineralized. A Similar Vein Occurs In The Upper Adit (Huntting, 1956, P. 70).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Palmer Mountain Greenstone
Associated rockGranite
StructureThe Palmer Mountain Greenstone Was Deposited At A Convergent Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056031
MRDS IDSP00282
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.84095, -119.637
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.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.