Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Arlington Vein Is 1-6 Feet Thick, Strikes North And Dips 70w. The Vein For The Most Part Occurs Along The Contact Between The Conconully Pluton And Gneiss. Transverse Faults Offset The Vein As Much As 10 Feet, Whereas Faults That Parallel The Vein Have Drawn The Ore Minerals Out Into Thin Dark-Gray Bands (Moen, 1973, P. 12).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Tectonic settingThe Conconully Pluton Is A Directionless, Post-Tectonic Plutonic Rock That Was Intruded Into A Major Structural Zone (Stoffel, K.L., Dger, 1990, Oral Comm.).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104272
MRDS IDSP00193
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.47205, -119.73645
References
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., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188 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.RINEHART, C.D., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY OF GULLY AND STREAM SEDIMENTS, AND GEOLOGIC SUMMARY, IN PART OF THE OKANOGAN RANGE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 74, 24 P., 3 PL.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.WDGER OF 90-18