Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlHeavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. Gold Occurs From Grass Roots Downward To Bedrock. A 7-In-Wide Clay Seam, 4 Ft Above Bedrock, Acts As A False Bedrock, And Better Gold Values Are Found Above The Clay (Huntting, 1956, P. 188).
Geology
Host rockSand and Gravel
StructureDeposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10056008
MRDS IDSP00250
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates48.94012, -119.05283
References
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.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.LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S.; LYON, D.A.; ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, IN SIX PARTS; PART-II THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 123 P.