Mine detail: Lovitt

Previously called 'Golden KingL-D Gold MineWenatcheeSquillchuckGold King Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.38177, -120.31644

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1894, 1910, 1938-39, 1944-46, 1949-67
First production started: 1894

Geology

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

References

MRDSM060135
DEP10042374
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}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Puffett, Willard P.