Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeBreccia-Filling
Deposit sizeU
Ore controlIrregular Mineralized Bodies Of Friable Quartz, Which Are Commonly Mixed With Gouge, Occur Along The Margins Of A Brecciated Zone In The Granodiorite. The Principal Ore Has Beeb Mixed From Near The Hanging Wall; The Contact With The Granodiorite On The Hanging Wall Is Sharp, But It Is Gradational On The Footwall. The Brecciated Zone Is As Much As 100 Feet Wide At One Place (Umpleby, 1911, P. 90).
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureThe Similkameen Batholith Is A Concentrically Zoned Plutonic Body With Early Mafic Alkalic Rocks Bordering And Intruded By Calc-Alkaline Granitic Rocks. The Complex Is Undeformed And On The Upper Plate Of The Okanogan Valley Fault (Buddington And Burmester, 1990).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104289
MRDS IDSP00262
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.96234, -119.63979
References
BUDDINGTON, A.M.; BURMESTER, R.F., 1990, THE SIMILKAMEEN BATHOLITH: A MID-JURASSIC, POST-TECTONIC COMPLEX IN THE QUESNEL TERRANE, NORHT-CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 22, N. 3, P. 10-11.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.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.WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.