Addison

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055860
MRDS ID SP00059
Record type Site
Current site name Addison
Alternate or previous names Pacific Mutual

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.58223, 48.0504 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Friedlander Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
030N;030N;029N 033E;034E;034E 36;31;6 SE4 (36) OF SW4 (31) OF NW4 (06) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Lead Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.58223, 48.0504

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is In 4-6ft. Wide Quartz Veins In Schist. The Ore Occurs As Lenses In Three Of The Exposed Veins. One Ore Shoot Is 50ft. Long; Another Is 100ft. Long (Huntting, 1956, P. 51).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD, COPPER, ZINC, SILVER, AND GOLD IN 1923 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 51). PRODUCED 1500 TONS OF ORE IN 1973 (MOEN, 1976, P. 100).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORDOVICIAN? SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE COVADA GROUP HOST QUARTZ VEINS AT THE ADDISON MINE. THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE NEAR PALEOCENE TO EOCENE GRANODIORITE. NUMEROUS EOCENE HYPABYSSAL DIKES ARE FOUND IN THE AREA (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL, MAP, P. 6-7). ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.