Mine detail: Fraction Placer Claim

Previously called 'New Discovery'

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Location: Kittitas County, Washington, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.24982, -120.66784
dep_id: 10022645
mrds_id: FS00033
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Gold, Gravel, Magnetite, Sand
orebody_fm: HIGH BARS
Reporter: Sierk, Betty M.
hrock_unit: Swauk Formation Sst Shl
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone
arock_unit: Tfanaway Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
Year first produced: 1892
disc_yr: 1868
discr: J. K. Morrill
References:
  • Deposit:: LHOLMGREN, L.E., 1959, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1959.
  • Deposit:: HOLMGREN, L.E., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
  • Deposit:: SUCHY, M.M., 1963, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1963.
  • Deposit:: SUCHY, M.M., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
  • Deposit:: SUCHY, M.M., 1968, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, MAY 1968.
  • Deposit:: SUCHY, M.M., 1971, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, AUGUST 1971.
  • Deposit:: 1959 OTHER FS
  • Deposit:: 1966 OTHER FS
  • Deposit:: 1971 OTHER FS EXAM - RECOMMENDED ADVERSE PROCEEDINGS
  • Production:: J. M. DAVIDSON, MINING ENGINEER
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