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Lovitt

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055844
MRDS ID SP00043
Record type Site
Current site name Lovitt
Alternate or previous names Golden King, Wenatchee, Squillchuck, Gold King, L-D;
Related records 10042374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.31644, 47.38177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022N 020E 22 NE4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SIDE OF SQUILLCHUCK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Acanthite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Electrum Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Hessite Ore
Naumannite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration, Particularly Silicification, Is Important In Ore Localization. Other Aleteration Minerals Include Sericite, Agillic Minerals, Potassium Silicates, And Chlorite.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Miocene volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Is Disseminated And In Stockworks In Pervasively Altered And Silicified Sandstone And Siltstone. Two Sets Of Fractures Control Vein Mineralization; Early Veins In Fractures Radial To Fold Hinges, And Veins In Faults That Cut The Earlier Radial Fault-Veins (Ott And Others, 1986, P. 425, 432).

Comments on the geologic information

  • AN UNNAMED SANDSTONE UNIT AND THE OVERLYING EOCENE CHUMSTICK FORMATION HOST MINERALIZATION AT THE LOVITT AND NEARBY CANNON MINES. MINERALIZATION OCURRS IN FAVORABLY ALTERED (COMMOLY SILICIFIED) HORIZONS OF THESE EXTENSIVELY DEFORMED AND BRECCIATED ARKOSIC SANDSTONE UNITS (OTT, 1988, P. 20-23).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1894, 1910, 1938-39, 1944-46 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 113). CONT. PROD 1949-1967.

Mining district

District name Wenatchee

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FROM 1949-1967 1,036,572 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 410,482 OZ AU (0.396 OZ/TON) AND 625,849 OZ AG (0.60 OZ/TON) (OTT, 1988, P. 10).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18.

  • Deposit

    GRESENS, R.L., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE AND MONITOR QUADRANGLES, CHELAN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 75, 75 P., 3 PL.

  • Deposit

    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, 67P.

  • Deposit

    LOVITT, E.H.; SKERL, A.C., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE LOVITT GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10, NO. 9, P. 963-966.

  • Deposit

    OTT, L.E., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE MINING DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THESIS, 270 P., 2 PL.

  • Deposit

    OTT, L.E.; GROODY, DIANE; FOLLIS, E.L.; SIEMS, P/L/, 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY, AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. IN MCDONALD, A.J., EDITOR, GOLD '86-AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS-PROCEEDINGS VOLUME; GOLD '86 [TORONTO, ONT.], P. 425-435.

  • Deposit

    PATTON, T.C.; CHENEY, E.S., 1971, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON- NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 250, NO. 1, P. 6-11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOVITT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY THE CANNON MINE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY (1990) BEING MINED AS A JOINT VENTURE PROJECT OF ASAMERA MINERALS INC. AND BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 10/01/2012
MSHA mine ID4503650
Mine name (MSHA)Lovitt Mine
Current operatorLovitt Mining Co., Inc.
Current controller (parent)Lovitt Resources Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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