Kettle

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055880
MRDS ID SP00080
Record type Site
Current site name Kettle
Related records 10180381

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.6267, 48.87874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vulcan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
039N 033E 15 NEAR CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF CURLEW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.6267, 48.87874

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Deposit Exposed In The Mine Is In The Zone Just Below The Sinter Zone Of A Typical Hot-Spring Deposit. Veins Are Associated With Some Dikes (Walt Hunt Personal Commun., 1990, Tschauder, 1989).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE FIRST GOLD-SILVER DORE WAS POURED (1990) FROM THE JOINTLY OPERATED OVERLOOK AND KETTLE MINES. ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION FOR THE FIRST YEAR IS 110,000 OZ OF AU, WITH THE MAJORITY TO COME FROM THE OVERLOOK DEPOSIT (JOSEPH, 1990, P. 20).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    JOSEPH, N.L., 1990, MINERAL INDUSTRY NEWS NOTES: WASHINGTON GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 2, P. 19-20.

  • Deposit

    MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUAD. AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    PARKER, R.L.; CALKINS, J.A., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE CURLEW QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1169, 95P., 4 PL.

  • Deposit

    STOFFEL, K.L., COMPILER, 1990, GEOLOGY MAP OF THE REPUBLIC 1:100,000 QUAD., WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-10, 62 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    TSCHAUDER, R.J., 1989, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON, IN JOSEPH, N.L. AND OTHERS; EDITORS, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 241-253.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCKS FOR THE KETTLE MINE ARE THE SAME AS FOR DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC DISTRICT AND ARE DACITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, TUFFS, AND TUFF BRECCIAS OF THE EOCENE SANPOIL VOLCANICS (MUESSIG, 1967, P. 50-51; TSCHAUDER, 1989, P. 242). ; 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-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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