Lead Horse Claim

US / WA

•48.80066, -120.33452View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Lead Horse Claim is a known mineral occurrence in Okanogan, Washington, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain (Andesite), within the Cascade Volcanic Arc setting. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Azurite, Barite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena; logged ore minerals are Anglesite, Galena, Malachite; gangue is recorded as Barite, Limonite, Quartz.

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Found Here

AnglesiteAzuriteBariteChrysocollaCopperGalenaGoldLimoniteMalachiteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Volcanics Of Billy Goat Mountain — Andesite
Orebody form: VEIN
Tectonic setting: Cascade Volcanic Arc
Deposit model: 85: Polymetallic veins

Ore minerals

AnglesiteGalenaMalachite

Gangue minerals

BariteLimoniteQuartz

Structure

Breccia Is Faulted

Alteration

Bleaching Along Joints

Mining history

Status: Occurrence

Records and references

Cited references

STAATZ, M.H., WEIS, P.L., TABOR, R.W., ROBERTSON, J.F., VAN NOY, R.M., PATTEE, E.C., AND HOLT, D.C., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PASAYTEN WILDERNESS AREA, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1325, P. 109-111

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10048544 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 48.80066, -120.33452

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