Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe Quartz Fissure Vein That Averages 12 Feet In Width Strikes S50e And Dips 70sw. Ore Minerals Are Concentrated In Ore Shoots That Are 2-4 Feet Thick And As Much As 200 Feet Long. Ore Minerals Are Sparsely Disseminated Between Ore Shoots (Moen, 1973, P. 18).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornblendite · Conconully Granodiorite;Metamorphic Complex Of Conconully
StructureThe Quartz Monzonite Was Probably Emplaced In A Magmatic Arc.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10099366
MRDS IDSP00242
Alternate namesRuby Lode Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.4915, -119.74117
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.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.MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.