| Location: | Chelan County, Washington, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 47.38177, -120.31644 |
| dep_id: | 10042374 |
| mrds_id: | M060135 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Gold |
| Minor mineral: | Silver |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Antimony, Zinc, Arsenic, Lead |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Marcasite, Naumannite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Chalcedony, Quartz, Siderite |
| orebody_fm: | IRREGULAR STOCKWORK, VEINS, DISSEMINATED, BONANZA BODIES |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| model: | 150: Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| alteration: | 3 Stages Of Hydrothermal Alteration: Sericitization; Silicification And Brecciation; Resilicification. Also Argillic, Potassic, And Chloritic Alteration |
| ore_ctrl: | Footwall Fissure - A Zone Of Shaly, Lustrous, Black Fault Gouge - Dips Sw - Ore Is Above This Fissure. |
| Reporter: | Peterson, Jocelyn A., Puffett, Willard P. |
| hrock_unit: | Chumstick Formation;Chumstick Formation;Chumstick Formation |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Saddle Rock Andesite;Porphyry Of Wenatchee Dome And Rooster Comb;Porphyry Of Wenatchee Dome And Rooster Comb |
| arock_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 |
| Year first produced: | 1894 |
| disc_yr: | 1885 |
| prod_yrs: | 1894, 1910, 1938-39, 1944-46, 1949-67 |
| References: |
- 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
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