The Zalla M is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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Zalla M MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Zalla M
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
District: Sheridan
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Krennerite
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Zoisite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED $40,000 WORTH OF ORE PRIOR TO 1903; ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THE DUMP IN 1935 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 295).
Comment (Deposit): THE ZALLA M IS IN FLOWS AND BRECCIAS OF THE EOCENE KLONDIKE MOUNTAIN FORMATION. THE ROCKS APPEAR TO BE RHYOLITIC IN COMPOSITION, BUT ON CLOSE EXAMINATION, OUTLINES OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE PYROXENE PHENOCRYSTS ARE FOUND. THIS SUGGESTS THE ROCKS ARE PROBABLY ALTERED ANDESITE (STOFFEL, 1990, GEOL. MAP, P. 11; PEARSON, 1967, GEOL. MAP). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): A FEW HUNDRED YARDS EAST OF THE FERRY-OKANOGAN COUNTY BOUNDARY LINE
References
Reference (Deposit): STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
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): MOEN, W.S., 1976, SILVER OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 69, 188P.
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 23, 366 P.
Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BODIE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FERRY AND OKANOGAN COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-636, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,500, WITH 4 P. TEXT.
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