Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlAccording To Moen (1973), The Deposit Is In Brecciated And Silicified Black Argillite That Has Been Intruded By A North-Trending Aplite Porphyry Dike, Which Appears To Be Several Hundred Feet Wide. Parts Of The Dike Contain Pods Of Galena And Pyrite That Are Accompanied By Minor Chalcopyrite And Sphalerite (Moen, 1973, P. 37). Rinehart And Fox (1976) Indicate The Deposit Is In A Tertiary Crystal Tuff Intruded By A Tertiary Dike.
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockTuff,Dacite
Tectonic settingEocene Volcano-Tectonic Depressions Formed As The Result Of Regional East-West Extension (Holder And Others, 1989).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104276
MRDS IDSP00206
Alternate namesTrinidad
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.6329, -119.55784
References
HOLDER, R.W.; GAYLORD, D.R.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1989, PLUTONISM, VOLCANISM, AND SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX AND GRABEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH, N.L., AND OTHERS, EDITORS, 1989, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 187-200.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.RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1976, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE CONCONULLY QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1402, 58 P., 1 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