Mine detail: Similkameen Placers

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.93956, -119.44756

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: BARS AND LOWER TERRACES
Discovery year: 1859

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: INTERMITTENTLY UP TO 1955

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Rocky Mountains

References

MRDSM045069
DEP10037873
Reference{Deposit:: PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2, 10.}{Deposit:: PATTY, E.N., AND GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, P. 84-85.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 281.}{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. 271.}{Production:: DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Lawson, William A., Peterson, Jocelyn A.