Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlDeposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels. Heavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. Terraces From 20 To 200 Feet Wide Along The Stream Are Underlain By A Shallow Layer Of Coarse Gravel (Huntting, 1956, P. 187).
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10055981
MRDS IDSP00211
Alternate namesStrawberry Creek Placer
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.39956, -118.88003
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.PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.