Silver Leaf

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Tungsten, Antimony
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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055898
MRDS ID SP00110
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Leaf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18917, 48.23818 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTER OF NORTH LINE OF SECTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cedonia(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
032N 037E 31 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18917, 48.23818

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is In Quartz Lenses In A 50 Ft. Wide Shear Zone In Limestone, Schist, And Argillite (Moen, 1976, P. 98).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada Meteor

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1911, 1912, 1915, 1916, AND 1935. PRODUCED A SMALL AMOUNT OF TUNGSTEN IN 1915 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 294). ACCORDING TO MOEN (1976, P. 98), THE MINE PROBABLY PRODUCED ABOUT 2000 OZ. OF AG FROM A SMALL TOTAL TONNAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SILVER LEAF DEPOSIT IS IN LIMESTONE, SCHIST, AND ARGILLITE OF THE ORDOVICIAN? COVADA GROUP (JOSEPH, 1990, GEOL. MAP; MOEN, 1976, P. 98). ; 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-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references