Mine detail: Merritt

Previously called 'Smith'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.78649, -120.88508

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ VEIN

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc

References

MRDSD000651
DEP10008471
Reference{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.}
ReporterKing, Robert U., Peterson, Jocelyn A.