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Cannon

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055841
MRDS ID SP00039
Record type Site
Current site name Cannon
Related records 10277503, 10085026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.32644, 47.39539 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022N 020E 22 NE4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SIDE OF SQUILLCHUCK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hessite Ore
Naumannite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.32644, 47.39539
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION, PARTICULARLY SILICIFICATION IS IMPORTANT IN ORE LOCALIZATION. OTHER ALTERATION MINERALS INCLUDE SERICITE, ARGILLIC MINERALS, POTASSIUM SILICATES, AND CHLORITE. MINERALIZATION IS FOUND IN ZONE OF PERVASIVE AND VEIN-CONTROLLED SILICIFICATION AND POTASSIUM SILICATE ALTERATION. INTERMEDIATE ARGILLIC ALTERATION ZONES CAP THE MINERALIZATION. MIXED LAYER ILLITE/SMECITE GRADES OUTWARD INTO SMECITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years MID 1980'S TO PRESENT (1990)

Mining district

District name Wenatchee

Comments on the production information

  • THE CANNON MINE BEGAN PRODUCTION IN THE MID 1980'S AND IS PRODUCING TODAY (1990). PRODUCTION FOR 1989 WAS 150,420 OZ. AU, AND 302,731 OZ. OF AG (JOSESPH, 1990, P. 19).

Comments on the workings information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS CURRENTLY (1990) BEING MINED AS A JOINT VENTURE PROJECT OF ASAMERA MINERALS INC. AND BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18.

  • Deposit

    GRESENS, R.L., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE AND MONITOR QUADRANGLES, CHELAN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 75, 75 P., 3 PL.

  • 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, 67P.

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH, N.L., 1990, MINERAL INDUSTRY NEWS NOTES: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 19-20.

  • Deposit

    OTT, L.E., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE MINING DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THESIS, 270P., 2 PL.

  • Deposit

    OTT, L.E.; GROODY, DIANE; FOLLIS, E.L.; SIEMS, P.L., 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. IN MCDONALD, A.J., EDITOR, GOLD '86-AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS-PROCEEDINGS VOLUME:GOLD '86 [TORONTO, ONT.], P. 425-435

  • Deposit

    PATTON, T.C.; CHENEY, E.S., 1971, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON-NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION:SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 250, NO. 1, P. 6-11.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION GAINED FROM A TOUR OF THE CANNON MINE LEAD BY MINE GEOLOGIST M. MELHORN ON JULY 25, 1990, IS SUPPLEMENTED THE PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF THE CANNON MINE GEOLOGY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN UNNAMED SANDSTONE UNIT AND THE OVERLYING EOCENE CHUMSTICK FORMATION HOST MINERALIZATION AT THE CANNON MINE. MINERALIZTION OCCURS IN FAVORABLY ALTERED (COMMONLY SILICIFIED) HORIZONES OF THESE TERIARY (EOCENE?) ARKOSIC SANDSTONE UNITS (OTT, 1988, P. 20-23). ORE BODIES EXTEND FROM THE SURFACE TO DEOTHS OF MORE THAN 900 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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