Rex

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055850
MRDS ID SP00048
Record type Site
Current site name Rex
Alternate or previous names Rogers
Related records 10048616, 10277011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.27339, 47.71455 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ardenvoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026N 020E 36 N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE DRAINAGE OF CRUM CANYON, A TRIBUTARY TO THE ENTIAT RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.27339, 47.71455

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Oxidized Quartz Veins, 3 To 12 In. In Width, In Decomposed Gneiss (Huntting, 1956, P. 116)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Entiat

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED MORE THAN $170,000 BY 1930 AND AMLL AMOUNTS IN 1933, 1934, AND 1940 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 116).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18.

  • Deposit

    HOPSON, C.A.; MATTINSON, J.M., 1971, METAMORPHISM AND PLUTONISM, LAKE CHELAN REGION, NORHTHERN CASCADES, WASHINGTON [ABSTRACT]: GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, CORDILLERAN SECTION, PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 PL.

  • 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

    TABOR, R.W.; WAITT, R.B.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; SWANSON, D.A.; BYERLY, G.R.; BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROCKS OF THE CHELAN COMPLEX (HOPSON AND MATTINSON, 1971, P. 13; SEE ALSO MAP OF TABOR AND OTHERS, 1987, P. 5-6) CONSIST OF MASSIVE AND GNEISSIC TONALITE AND MIGMATITE NEAR CHELAN AND ALONG LAKE CHELAN AND BANDED GNEISS AND BANDED MIGMATITE GNEISS ALONG THE ENTIAT RIVER. ; 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-JUL-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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