Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryTungsten
TertiaryIron, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Model59: Skarn Cu
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formBED
Ore controlNear Contact Between Metasedimentary Beds And Diorite
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Grossularite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Leecher Metamorphics;Leecher Metamorphics;Leecher Metamorphics;Leecher Metamorphics
Associated rockDiorite · Texas Creek Stock
StructureNortheast Plunging Anticline, Small Drag Folds
Tectonic settingCascade Volcanic Arc?
AlterationLimestone Beds Altered To Garnet.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10111551
MRDS IDW017841
Alternate namesSherwood, Lodge, Texas Creek, Seneff
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates48.21039, -120.05423
References
SRC.REF: NHUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 345.CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 51-52.BUNNING, B.B., 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE EAST HALF OF THE TWISP 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-9, SCALE 1:100,000.LEMMON, D.M., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB DATA.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCES MAP MR-25.KING, R.U., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB DATA.