Mine detail: Merritt

Location:	Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long:	47.78649, -120.88508
dep_id:	10008471
mrds_id:	D000651
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Molybdenum
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEIN
Reporter:	King, Robert U., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Gneiss
tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:	Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 268. Deposit:: TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.J., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRNAGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.