Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Vein Trends N20e And Dips 40nw; Rocks Are Visibly Altered As Much As 1 Foot From The Vein (Rinehart And Fox, 1972, P. 88).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureThe Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Suite With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Intruded By Calc-Alkalic Granitic Rocks. The Undeformed Body Is In The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault ( Buddington And Burmester, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104281
MRDS IDSP00222
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.97566, -119.73229
References
BUDDINGTON, A.M.; BURMESTER, R.F., 1990, THE SIMILKAMEEN BATHOLITH: A MID-JURASSIC, POST-TECTONIC COMPLEX IN THE QUESNEL TERRANE, NORTH-CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 22, N. 3, P. 10-11.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.RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 PL.UMPLEBY, J.B., 1911, PART I.-- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MYERS CREEK MINING DISTRICT; PART II. -- GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OROVILLE-NIGHTHAWK MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 5, 111 P.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.