Database name: |
World Mississippi Valley-type deposits |
Custodial agency: |
Geological Survey of Canada |
Compilers: |
D. F. Sangster |
Release date: |
2015-02-06 |
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Deposit name(s): |
Metaline district |
Political location(s): |
United States; Province or state: Washington |
Deposit clan (type): |
Mississippi Valley-type |
Deposit status: |
past producer |
Deposit object located: |
centroid of district |
Commodities: |
Zn; Pb; Ag |
Mineralization styles: |
discordant collapse breccia cement; disseminated; massive replacement |
Geological ages: |
Middle Cambrian (host rocks) |
Tectonic setting: |
continental marginal platform (host rocks) |
Host rocks: |
(1) sedimentary; carbonate; Depositional setting: Shallow-water carbonatesIndividual lithologies: | limestone | Host rock stratigraphy: | Metaline Limestone member |
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Alteration signatures: |
dolomitization: dolomitization; What was altered: limestone silicification: silicification; What was altered: limestone/dolostone |
Mineralogy: |
sphalerite, galena, jasperoid, dolomite, calcite, pyrite |
References: |
Dings, M. G.; Whitebread, D. H., 1965 |
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Metaline Zinc-Lead District, Pend Oreille County, Washington |
Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 489, 109 p., 5 maps. |
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Production data: |
Report period: from 1906 until 1956; 8.284 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: SGrade-commodity information: | Zn: 2.77 percent Pb: 1.34 percent Ag: 0.04 troy ounces/short ton | Reference: Dings, M. G.; Whitebread, D. H., 1965: Geology and Ore Deposits of the Metaline Zinc-Lead District, Pend Oreille County, Washington; Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 489, 109 p., 5 maps. Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0% |