Mine detail: Cannon Mine

Previously called 'B North Ore Body'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.39539, -120.32644

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic
Ore: Acanthite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz
Orebody form: VEINS, STOCKWORKS, BRECCIAS, DISSEMINATED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: MID 198*-1990

Geology

Host rock:Chumstick Formation;Chumstick Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Saddle Rock Andesite;Porphyry Of Wenatchee Dome;Rooster Comb Flow Layered Rhyodacite Dome
Associated type:Rhyodacite
Structure:Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults. District Dominated By Postmineralization Fold And Thrust Belt, Structures In Ore Body Dominated By Premineral Folds With Axes Trending Ne
Tectonic:Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:Silicification, Pyritization, K-Silicate Alteration, Carbonate Alteration, Argillization

References

MRDSW700462
DEP10085026
Reference{Deposit:: OTT, L.E., GROODY, DIANE, FOLLIS, E.L., AND SIEMS, P.L., 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A., IN MACDONALD, A.J., ED., GOLD*6 - AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS, PROCEEDINGS VOLUME, P. 425-435.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: MARGOLIS, JACOB, 1989, ARKOSE-HOSTED AQUIFER-CONTROLLED, EPITHERMAL AU-AG MINERALIZATION, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V. 84, P. 1891-1902.}{Deposit:: DERKEY, R.E., GULICK, C.W., AND LINGLEY, W.S., JR., 1993, WASHINGTO* MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1992: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 1, P. 3-25.}{Production:: DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990; DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1993}{Reserve-Resource:: OTT AND OTHERS, 1986}
ReporterPaidakovich, Matthew E., Peterson, Jocelyn A.