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Great Republic

Past Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097778
MRDS ID D001650
Record type Site
Current site name Great Republic
Alternate or previous names Happy Thought
Related records 10055928

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4012, 47.69843 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position ABOUT 1.1 MI NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grotto(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026N 011E 33 N2 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • AT FIRST FALLS ON HAPPY THOUGHT CREEK 0.5 MI ABOVE ITS MOUTH AT MILLER RIVER. WORKINGS ARE ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BANKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ONE ASSAY SHOWED: 14.05% SB, 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 2.41 OZ/TON AG. 6 UNREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES YIELDED 0.06-21.62% SB, 0-0.5 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation, Silver Pass Volcanic Member
    Rock description Swauk Formation, Silver Pass Volcanic Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4012, 47.69843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND DISSEMINATIONS IN VEIN
    Strike W
    Dip 15-30S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer L.M. Miller And R.L. Taylor
Production years 1938-1941

Mining district

District name Miller River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Wible
    Home office Tacoma, Wa.
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, RAISE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 20.

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 75-78.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 196.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 141-142.

  • Deposit

    1900 DIREXPL GREAT REPUBLIC MINING CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN FLAT LYING FAULT. ONE LENS OF STIBNITE WAS 4 FT LONG BY 2.5 FT WIDE
Deposit MRDS RECORD W017909 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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