Mine detail: Lovitt

Previously called 'Golden KingWenatcheeSquillchuckGold KingL-D;'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.38177, -120.31644

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Acanthite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Hessite, Naumannite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1894, 1910, 1938-39, 1944-46 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 113). CONT. PROD 1949-1967.

Geology

Host type:Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated type:Rhyodacite,Plutonic Rock
Tectonic:The Lovitt Mine Is In The Chiwakum Graben (Eocene), A North-Northwest- Trending Right-Lateral, Strike-Slip Graben Bounded By The Entiat Fault Zone On The East And The Leavenworth Fault Zone On The West (Ott And Others, 1986, P. 426).
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Alteration, Particularly Silicification, Is Important In Ore Localization. Other Aleteration Minerals Include Sericite, Agillic Minerals, Potassium Silicates, And Chlorite.

References

MRDSSP00043
DEP10055844
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18.}{Deposit:: GRESENS, R.L., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE AND MONITOR QUADRANGLES, CHELAN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 75, 75 P., 3 PL.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.}{Deposit:: LOVITT, E.H.; SKERL, A.C., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE LOVITT GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10, NO. 9, P. 963-966.}{Deposit:: OTT, L.E., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE MINING DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THESIS, 270 P., 2 PL.}{Deposit:: OTT, L.E.; GROODY, DIANE; FOLLIS, E.L.; SIEMS, P/L/, 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY, AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. IN MCDONALD, A.J., EDITOR, GOLD*6-AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS-PROCEEDINGS VOLUME; GOLD*6 [TORONTO, ONT.], P. 425-435.}{Deposit:: PATTON, T.C.; CHENEY, E.S., 1971, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON- NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 250, NO. 1, P. 6-11.}
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