Republic

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Selenium
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 10055894
MRDS ID SP00104
Record type Site
Current site name Republic
Alternate or previous names Blaine Republic

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.74642, 48.63734 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Republic(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
036N 032E 12 W2 OF NE4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.74642, 48.63734

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Vein Is As Much As 10ft Wide, But Averages About 3ft. The Vein Is Composed Principally Of Chalcedonic Quartz And Is Cocentrically Crustified. Crustifications Are Marked By Dark, Crenulated Bands (Huntting, 1956, P. 124). (See Republic District For Additional Details)

Comments on the geologic information

  • .

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Republic

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $1,400,000 PRIOR TO 1910; SHIPPED 2,757 TONS OF ORE TO A SMELTER IN 1937; SHIPPED IN 1933-1946 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 124)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $1,400,000 PRIOR TO 1910; SHIPPED 2757 TONS OF ORE TO A SMELTER IN 1937; SHIPPED IN 1933-1946 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 124).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, HOWLAND, 1914, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON: USGS BULLETIN 550, 215 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 PL.

  • Deposit

    JONTE, J.H., 1942, THE RELATIONSHIP OF SELENIUM AND GOLD IN ORES FROM THE REPUBLIC DISTRICT: STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUAD. AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUAD., FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: USGS BULLETIN 1216, 135 P., 1 PL.

  • Deposit

    TSCHAUDER, R.J., 1989, GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON. IN JOSEPH N.L. AND OTHERS; EDITORS, GEOLOGIC GUIDEBOOK FOR WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT AREAS; WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 86, P. 241-253.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., 1910, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF REPUBLIC MINING DISTRICT: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1, 65 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCKS FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC DISTRICT ARE DACITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, TUFFS, AND TUFF BRECCIAS OF THE EOCENE SANPOIL VOLCANICS ; 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-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.