Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAt Least Four Quartz Veins Ranging In Width From A Stringer To 10 Feet Occur In Argillite A Short Distance Above Granite. The Granite Is Sericitized And Kaolinized (Huntting, 1956, P. 150).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Spectacle Formation Of The Anarchist Group
StructureThe Spectacle Formation Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Last production1939
Identification
Deposit ID10056042
MRDS IDSP00297
Alternate namesCrescent
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.89928, -119.54034
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.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.