The Silver Cliff is a lead and silver mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.
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Silver Cliff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Cliff
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Okanogan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: The Porphyrytic Granodiorite Of Manila Creek Is Part Of The Keller Butte Suite Of Holder And Holder (1988). The Keller Butte Suite Is Contemporaneous With The Formation Of The Metamorphic Core Complexes (Holder And Holder, 1988).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 310).
Comment (Geology): ROOF PENDANTS CONSISTING OF PALEOZOIC ARGILLITE, QUARTZITE, AND MARBLE OVERLIE THE (PALEOCENE?)-EOCENE PORPHYRYTIC GRANODIORITE OF MANILA CREEK (JOSEPH, 1990).
References
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.
Reference (Deposit): HOLDER, R.W.; HOLDER, G.A.M., 1988, THE COLVILLE BATHOLITH - TERTIARY PLUTONISM IN NORTHEAST WASHINGTON ASSOCIATED WITH GRABEN AND CORE COMPLEX (GNEISS DOME) FORMATION: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 100, NO. 12, P. 1971-1980.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT, 1984, REVISED GEOLOGY AND MINERAL POTENTIAL OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON, 1984: COLVILLE CONFEDERATED TRIBES [NESPELEM, WASHINGTON], V. 2.
Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N. L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NESPELEM 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE 90-16, 47 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, 1941, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING PROPERTIES: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7, 74 P.
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