Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
SecondaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlMain Ore Shoots Are At Intersections Between Ne And Nw Trending Fracture Zones.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Togo Formation-Quartzite, Siliceous Argillite, Limestone
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite
StructureSteeply Dipping Ne-Trending Strata, Ne And Nw-Trending Fault Zones
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Discovery year1881
Identification
Deposit ID10103872
MRDS IDM060140
Alternate namesHigh Grade, Lucky Boy, Reardon Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.04791, -118.08332
References
CAMPBELL, A. B. AND RAUP, O. B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INV. FLD STUDIES MAP MF-276HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P 104WEAVER, C. E., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 203-204PATTY, E. N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 23, P. 146-149USBM INFO. CIRC. 7872