| Deposit ID | 10048628 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MP00228 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Liberty |
| Related records | 10055947 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.64173, 47.29676 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3.4 MI NORTH-NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kittitas(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)
Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)
Yakima(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Kittitas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 021N}021N}021N | 017E}017E}018E | 25}24}19 | NW4 OF NE4 (25); CENTER OF E EDGE (24); CENTER OF W EDGE (19) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TEST RUN ON 33 TONS OF ORE RAN 0.3 OZ/TON AU |
|---|
| Model code | 151 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25d |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Sado |
| Mark3 model number | 28 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Swauk Formation |
| Rock description | Swauk Formation |
| (1) | -120.64173, 47.29676 |
|---|
| General form | VEIN |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Swauk District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Wenatchee National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pellard, A. C. |
| Home office | Mount Vernon |
| First year | 1941 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 470.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MP00228 |
DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 136.
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 132.
JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.
HUNTTING, 1956
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING DISCONTINUOUS MINERALIZED STRINGERS SUBPARALLEL TO BASALT DIKES IN AREA. SOME VEINS CUT DIKES AT LOW ANGLES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1992 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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