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Golden Fleece

Occurrence in Kittitas 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055944
MRDS ID SP00156
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Fleece
Alternate or previous names Mercer, T-Bone;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.65673, 47.30788 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021N 017E 13 NE4 OF SW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.65673, 47.30788
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gold-Quartz Veins In The Swauk District Are Subparallel To Numerous Basalt Dikes Of The Region (Smith, 1903, P. 80). At The Golden Fleece Mine, A Mineralized Shear Zone About 4 In. Wide Cuts Beds Of Carbonaceous Shale 9huntting, 1956, P. 132).

Comments on the geologic information

  • EOCENE SANDSTONE OF THE SWAUK FORMATION IS CUT BY NUMEROUS BASALT DIKES AND GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS. THE GOLD-QUARTZ VEINS APPEAR TO BE LOCALIZED ALONG THE SAME FRACTURE SYSTEM AS THE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION TOTALS $30,000 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 132).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 67 P.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G. O., 1904, GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES-MOUNT STUART FOLIO, WASHINGTON:U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC FOLIO 106, 10P.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G. O., 1903, GOLD MINING IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1902: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 213, P. 76-80.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R. W.; WAITT, R. B.; FRIZZEL, V. A., JR.; SWANSON, D. A.; BYERLY, G. R.; BENTLEY, R. D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.

  • Deposit

    WDGER OF 90-18

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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