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Location

Lat / long:

48.75345, -118.84643

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Quartz, Sanidine

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte
Tectonic:	East-West Extension During The Eocene Resulted In Formation Of The Toroda Creek Graben And Other Structures In Which A Thick Section Of Volcanic And Sedimentary Rocks Was Deposited And Preserved (Holder And Others, 1989).

References

MRDS	SP00186
DEP	10093021
Reference	{Deposit:: DORISY, C.E., 1937, INDEX OF MINERAL OCCURENCES IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON (REVISED EDITION): WASHINGTON STATE PLANNING COUNCIL RESEARCH PUBLICATION 2, 47 P.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.}{Deposit:: MOEN, W.S., 1980, MYERS CREEK AND WAUCONDA MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHEASTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 73, 96 P., 6 PL.}{Deposit:: STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.}{Deposit:: WDGER OF 90-18}
Reporter	Berger, Mary A., Frank, Dave