Mine detail: Orphan Boy Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.19899, -120.54786

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc
Secondary: Antimony, Lead
Tertiary: Gold, Arsenic
Ore: Galena, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINLETS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Swakane Biotite Gneiss;;
Host type:Gneiss
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Sericitized, Argillized, Silicified

References

MRDSD001620
DEP10009002
Reference{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 59-62.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 286.}{Deposit:: CATER, F.W., AND WRIGHT, T.L., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LUCERNE QUADRANGLE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-647, SCALE 1:62,500.}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Miller, M. H.