Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Iron, Gold, Silver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlSedimentary Rocks In A Roof Pendant Are Mineralized. Huntting (1956, P. 366) Suggests That The Prospect Is A Promising Zinc Deposit.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone,Argillite
Associated rockDiorite · Mainila Creek
StructureLate Paleozoic Sediments Were Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10056043
MRDS IDSP00298
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.20817, -119.06142
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.GULICK, C.W.; KOROSEC, M.A., COMPILERS, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OMAK 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-12, 52 P., 1 PL.HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.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.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.