Silver Leaf

Prospect 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097173
MRDS ID M056103
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Leaf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19, 48.23874 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Relative position 1.8 MI NE OF COVADA

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
32N 37E 30 Washington

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME PRODUCTION 1911-1916, 1935

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 3.6 % PB, 2.2% ZN, 180 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19, 48.23874

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 150 FT FROM MARGIN OF GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references