Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlThe Vein Is In Gneiss And Is 5 Feet Wide (Huntting, 1956, P. 148).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Methow Gneiss
StructureThe Methow Gneiss Protolith Was Intruded At Moderate Crustal Levels, Then Metamorphosed Along With Other Rocks In The Area To Amphibolite Grade (Bunning, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10056037
MRDS IDSP00292
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.12316, -120.12145
References
BUNNING, B.B., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, 51 P., 1 PL.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.WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.