Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlThe Deposit Consists Of A Vertical, N60e-Trending, 4-10-Ft-Wide Quartz Vein; Disseminated Chalcopyrite And Sphalerite Are Also Present In Altered Gabbro And In Sheared Gabbro (Huntting, 1956, P. 146).
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGabbro
StructureThe Palmer Mountain Greenstone Was Deposited Along An Convergent Continental Margin.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10104291
MRDS IDSP00269
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.85817, -119.63034
References
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.STEBBINS, R.H., 1951, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1951: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 19, 75 P.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.