Messenger

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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 10055883
MRDS ID SP00089
Record type Site
Current site name Messenger
Alternate or previous names Big Joker

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.20472, 48.22735 (WGS84)

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 036E 36 SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.20472, 48.22735

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Is In Several Mineralized Quartz Veins Ranging From 12-26 In. Wide In Granodiorite Near Its Contact With Other Rock (Huntting, 1956, P. 212).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Covada

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1934 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 212).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GRANODIORITE AT THE MESSENGER MINE IS JURASSIC TO CRETACEOUS AND INTRUDES ORDOVICIAN? ROCKS OF THE COVADA GROUP (JOSEPH, 1990). ; 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.