Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe 1.5-3-Ft-Wide Vein Has A General Strike Of N30w And Dips 30-40sw. Ore Minerals Are Concentrated In Bands As Much As 1 Ft Wide That Contain As Much As 60 Oz/Ton Ag, 13% Pb, And 3% Cu (Moen, 1973, P. 24).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite
StructureThe Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless Post-Tectonic Body That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, Oral Commun., 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10099367
MRDS IDSP00255
Alternate namesChief Sunshine;, Silver Peak, Sunny Peak
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.56983, -119.78589
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.JONES, E.L., JR., 1917, RECONAISSANCE OF THE CONCONULLY AND RUBY MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1916-PART I, METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 640, P. 11-36.MOEN, W.S., 1973, CONCONULLY MINING DISTRICT OF OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 49, 42 P.PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OROVILLE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-11, 58 P., 1 PL.