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Golden Promise

Past Producer in Ferry 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301483
MRDS ID M056035
MAS/MILS ID 0530190471
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Promise
Alternate or previous names Republic Unit
Related records 10041109, 10277450

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.75444, 48.67154 (WGS84)
Elevation 987
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Storm King Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 N 032 E 27 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Electrum Unknown
Gold Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Realgar Unknown
Stibnite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.75444, 48.67154
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Date of Last Modification 940711

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Republic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1995

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1995 THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED AND RECLAMATION BEGAN (THE RESERVES WERE DEPLETED).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERBY AND GULICH, 1992, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY -

  • Deposit

    1991: WASHINGTON GEOL. V. 20, NO. 1, P. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-NOV-96 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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