Mine detail: Nighthawk Mine

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Location: Okanogan County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 48.96206, -119.63979
dep_id: 10041581
mrds_id: M056680
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Galena, Pyrite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, MINERALIZED QTZ BODIES
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Solution And Contact Metasomatism
ore_ctrl: Along Edge Of Brecciated Zone
Reporter: Greene, Robert, Lawson, William A.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Similkameen Batholith
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 221.
  • Deposit:: WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 5, P. 89-90
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