Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlThe Vein In Andesite Flow Breccia Averages 8 Ft. In Width. Vein Filling Consists Of Chalcedonic Banded Quartz, Calcite, And Fragment Of Country Rock. Ore Was Largely Removed Above The 500-Ft. Level (Huntting, 1956, P. 121). (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite
Associated rockRhyodacite
Tectonic settingEpithermal Deposits Of The Republic District Are Found In The Eocene Sanpoil Volcanics. (See Republic District For Additional Details.)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10093002
MRDS IDSP00084
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.66567, -118.74753
References
WDGER OFR 90-18HUNTTING, 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.MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.TSCHAUDER, R.J., 1989, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L. AND OTHERS; EDITORS, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 241-253.