Commodities
PrimaryGold, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlHeavy Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. Deposits Consist Of Three Bars, 30, 75, And 100 Feet Above The River. Property Includes 1500 Acres Of Land. The Best Pay Gravel Is Found In Bars Exposed Only At Low Water (Huntting, 1956, P. 84).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueSand and Gravel
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
Tectonic settingDeposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10055893
MRDS IDSP00105
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.08874, -118.23778
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.