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Crounse Placer

Past Producer in Okanogan 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. 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 10055981
MRDS ID SP00211
Record type Site
Current site name Crounse Placer
Alternate or previous names Strawberry Creek Placer
Related records 10204391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.88003, 48.39956 (WGS84)
Relative position ON STRAWBERRY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strawberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 031E 35 S2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.88003, 48.39956
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Of Heavy Minerals In River Gravels. Heavy-Mineral Concentration By Stream Action. Terraces From 20 To 200 Feet Wide Along The Stream Are Underlain By A Shallow Layer Of Coarse Gravel (Huntting, 1956, P. 187).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY PRODUCED $100.00 WORTH OF GOLD (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 187).

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

    PARDEE, J.T., 1918, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 677, 186 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY SMALL PITS. TWO PANS OF GRAVEL FROM THE LAYER NEXT TO THE BEDROCK YIELDED 1 CENT IN AU AND 1 OZ OF BLACK SAND (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 187). ; 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-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

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