Gold Crown

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Geologic structures
  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 10104280
MRDS ID SP00219
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown
Alternate or previous names Golden Crown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61173, 48.83456 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039N 026E 31 SE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61173, 48.83456

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Palmer Mountain Greenstone Was Deposited Along An Active Continental Margin Proximal To An Island Arc.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The 10-Ft-Wide Vein Strikes Northwest And Dips 50e (Bethune, 1891, P. 63).

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEIN IN THE PERMIAN - TRIASSIC PALMER MOUNTAIN GREENSTONE (RINEHART AND FOX, 1972, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Palmer Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • AMOUNT NOT KNOWN. ASSAY FROM A DUMP SAMPLE WAS $105/TON AU (BETHUNE, 1891, P. 63).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BETHUNE, G.A., 1891, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, FIRST STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 122 P.

  • Deposit

    BETHUNE, G.A., 1892, MINES AND MINERALS OF WASHINGTON- SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF G. A. BETHUNE, STATE GEOLOGIST: WASHINGTON STATE PRINTER, 183 P.

  • 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

    RINEHART, C.D.; FOX, K.F., JR., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE LOOMIS QUADRANGLE, OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 64, 124 P., 3 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 ORE FROM THIS MINE WAS HANDLED AT A 5-STAMP MILL AT THE WAR EAGLE-BLACK BEAR MINE (BETHUNE, 1891). ; 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

Beyond USGS

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