Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlHeavey-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. A High Bar Contained Gravel 2.5 To 3 Ft. Thick Showing Values Of 21,8 Cents Per Cubic Yard. A Lower Bar Had 7 Or 8 Acres Of Gravel 2 To 3 Ft. Thick Averaging 27 Cents Per Cubic Yard. A Low Bench 2 Miles Long And 300 Ft. To 0.5 Miles Wide Contained An Iron-Stained Gold-Bearing Layer About 6 Inches Thick, 100 To 600 Yards Wide, And 2 Miles Long (Huntting, 1956, P. 183).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueSand and Gravel
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Tectonic settingDeposition Of Heavey Minerals In River Gravels.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055875
MRDS IDSP00074
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.93317, -118.60418
References
WDGER OFR 90-18COLLIER, A.J., 1907, GOLD-BEARING RIVER SANDS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1906; PART I- METALS AND NONMETALS, EXCEPT FUELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 56-70.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.