Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver
TertiaryCadmium, Tungsten, Gallium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlFolds Along The Marble - Phyllite Contact In Presence Of Altered Lamprophyre Dikes.
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockMarble · Maitlen Phyllite, Marble
Associated rockLamprophyre · Lamprophyre Dikes
StructureOn Se Limb Of Sw Plunging Syncline
Tectonic settingComplexly Faulted And Folded Area
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1927
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10103869
MRDS IDM060119
Alternate namesOwen, Boundary Silver-Lead
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.95014, -117.55528
References
HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 378WEAVER, C.E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 298-299YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-4121910 DIREXPL E. O. OWEN1926 DIREXPL BOUNDARY SILVER LEAD CO.1944 GEOLMAP C.D. CAMPBELL - OPEN FILE MAP.1952 DIREXPL PACIFIC NORTHWEST MINING CO.1954 GEOLMAP R. G. YATES - U.S.G.S. MF-137 AND U.S.G.S. MAP I-412U.S.B.M. INF. CIRC. 7872