Commodities
PrimarySilver, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlA 2-Ft-Wide Vein Was Exposed At The Surface (Huntting, 1956, P. 310)
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcocite, Malachite, Stromeyerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Limestone · Cave Mountain Formation
StructureThe Cave Mountain Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Last production1923
Identification
Deposit ID10056034
MRDS IDSP00286
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.58011, -119.6095
References
BETHUNE, G.A., 1892, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 183 P.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., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 PL.