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Valley

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Selenium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055907
MRDS ID SP00119
Record type Site
Current site name Valley
Alternate or previous names Golden Valley, Lame Foot;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.68725, 48.73428 (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
037N 033E 6 E2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.68725, 48.73428
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Vein Is In Andesite And Is Estimated To Average 7 Ft. Wide And 1,200 Ft. Long (Huntting, 1956, P. 125).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED 1,994 TONS PRIOR TO 1941, 5,800 TONS IN 1942, 1,302 TONS IN 1943, AND IN 1950 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 125).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDGER OFR 90-18

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

    MUESSIG, SIEGFRIED, 1967, GEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE AENEAS QUADRANGLE, FERRY COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HOST ROCKS FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC DISTRICT ARE DACITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, TUFF, AND TUFF BRECCIAS OF THE EOCENE SANPOIL VOLCANICS AND SUBVOLCANIC INTRUSIONS OF THE SCATTER CREEK RHYODACITE (MUESSIG, 1967, P. 54-58). ; 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

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