| Deposit ID | 10097185 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M056163 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Comstock |
| Alternate or previous names | La Fleur |
| Related records | 10131092 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.55281, 48.96652 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1049 |
| Relative position | 2.3 MI SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ferry(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Curlew(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Kettle(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Ferry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040N | 034E | 07,18 | SE4 (07) OF | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Platinum Critical | Tertiary |
| Palladium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Specularite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Result | 3-5% CU ACROSS FACE OF DIKE. 225 PPB PD, 3.94 PPM PT MAX. IN SULFIDE CONCENTRATE SAMPLES |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| (1) | -118.55281, 48.96652 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Republic Graben |
| General form | DISSEMINATED WITHIN DIKE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N80W |
| Dip | NEARLY VERTICAL |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Danville District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Morning Star Mining Co. |
| First year | 1964 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 100.58M |
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M056163 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 52.
PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 158.
PARKER, R.L., AND CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1169, P. 85-86.
MUTSCHLER, F.E., GRIFFIN, M.E., STEVENS, D.S., AND SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1985, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS RELATED TO ALKALINE ROCKS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA - AN INTERPRETIVE REVIEW: TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA, V. 88, P. 355-377.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST OF ORE CONCENTRATED IN DIKE. SOME ORE DISSEMINATED IN WALL ROCK. MINERALIZATION THOUGHT TO BE RELATED TO SYENITE INTRUSION; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: SYENITE-HOSTED CU-AG-PGE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Greene, Robert | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1975 | Miller, M.H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1992 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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