CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
24 United States (Washington) 48.53.00 N -- 117.20.00 W Metaline district Zn; Pb; Ag
 
Database name: World Mississippi Valley-type deposits
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: D. F. Sangster
Release date: 2015-02-06
   
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 carbonates
Individual lithologies:limestone
Host rock stratigraphy:Metaline Limestone member
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.

Production data: Report period: from 1906 until 1956; 8.284 million short tons ore; Provisional entry?: no; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-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%

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