Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlGold-Quartz Veins In The Swauk District Are Subparallel To Numerous Basalt Dikes Of The Region (Smith, 1903, P. 80). Mineralization At The Flodine Deposit Is In A Fissure Zone (Huntting, 1956, P. 132).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Tectonic settingQuartz Veins Of The Swauk District Are Subparallel To North-Northeast-Trending Basalt Dikes In The Area. The Veins Also Cut Some Basalt Dikes (Smith, 1904, P. 9).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Production yearsPRIOR TO 1928
Identification
Deposit ID10055942
MRDS IDSP00154
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.28121, -120.64061
References
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.SMITH, G. O., 1903, GOLD MINING IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1902: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 213, P. 76-80.SMITH, G. O., 1904, GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES-MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC FOLIO 106, 10P.TABOR, R. W.; WAITT, R. B.; FRIZZEL, V. A., JR.; SWANSON, D. A.; BYERLY, G. R.; BENTLEY, R. D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.WDGER OFR 90-18