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Three F Mine

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042373
MRDS ID M060136
Record type Site
Current site name Three F Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66812, 47.88926 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MI NORTH OF LEAVENWORTH; ABOUT 1.6 MI SOUTHEAST OF GROUSE CREEK CAMPGROUND, Estimated In Northwest Corner Of Section At Given Elevation Where A Prospect Is Shown In Church And Others

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 017E 36 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS AS TINY CRYSTALS IN OXIDIZED PARTS OF BUFF-COLORED MARBLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result USBM SAMPLES SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT ASSAY VALUES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Chumstick Formation
    Rock description Chumstick Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Schist And Gneiss Of Mad River Terrane
    Rock description Schist And Gneiss Of Mad River Terrane

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66812, 47.88926
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Graben, Entiat Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MARBLE LENSES IN BROAD ZONE OF STRONGLY SHEARED ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1965
Discoverer Frederick Hubbard And Fred Fritts.

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Three F Mining Co., Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTELMEYER, R.B., JOHNSON, F.L., MCHUGH, E.L., FEDERSPIEL, F.E., DENTON, D.K., JR., AND STEBBINS, S.A., 1982, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT 89-82, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    PUFFETT, W.P., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    CHURCH, S.E., FORD, A.B., FLANIGAN, V.J., AND STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF THE GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, CHELAN, SKAGIT, AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1652-A. SCALE 1:100,000.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., BOOTH, D.B., HETHERINGTON, M.H., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CHELAN 30-MINUTE BY 60-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1661, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY GIVEN THE INFORMAL NAME OF A GOLD-BEARING SKARN DEPOSIT, FOR WHICH THERE IS NO PUBLISHED MODEL. 600 FT WIDE ALTERED AREA
Deposit GOLD OCCURS IN BUFF COLORED FINE-GRAINED MARBLE BANDS IN OTHERWISE STRONGLY SHEARED ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS, ALONG NE MARGIN OF LARGE GRABEN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-73 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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