Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlHeavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. Gold Occurs In Large, Thin Flakes Worth About 0.01 Cents Each And As Flour Gold. The Bench Is 20 Ft. Above The River And Conatins Large Angular Boulders. Pay Gravels Occupied The Spaces Between The Boulders (Huntting, 1956, P. 184).
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 ID10055904
MRDS IDSP00116
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates47.94291, -118.36028
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.