| Lat / long: | 47.38177, -120.31644 |
| Primary: | Gold |
| Secondary: | Silver |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead |
| Ore: | Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR STOCKWORK, VEINS, DISSEMINATED, BONANZA BODIES |
| Discovery year: | 1885 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1894, 1910, 1938-39, 1944-46, 1949-67 |
| First production started: | 1894 |
| Host rock: | Chumstick Formation;Chumstick Formation;Chumstick Formation |
| Host type: | Sandstone |
| Associated rock: | Saddle Rock Andesite;Porphyry Of Wenatchee Dome And Rooster Comb;Porphyry Of Wenatchee Dome And Rooster Comb |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Nw Trending Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults, Zone Of Northerly Trending Steep Faults And Imbricate Thrust Faults. |
| Tectonic: | Cascade Volcanic Arc |
| Alteration processes: | 3 Stages Of Hydrothermal Alteration: Sericitization; Silicification And Brecciation; Resilicification. Also Argillic, Potassic, And Chloritic Alteration |
| MRDS | M060135 |
| DEP | 10042374 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LOVITT, E.H., AND SKERL, A.C. 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE LOVITT GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10, NO. 9, P. 963-966.}{Deposit:: PATTON, T.C., AND CHENEY, E.S., 1972, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS FOR 1971, V. 250, P.6-11.}{Deposit:: FOSTER, R.J., 1960, TERTIARY GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 71, NO. 2, P. 99-126.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 112.}{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. 14-15.}{Production:: PATTON AND CHENEY, 1972; HUNTTING, 1956; LOVITT AND SKERL, 1958} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Puffett, Willard P. |