Mine detail: Great Republic

Previously called 'Happy Thought'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.69843, -121.4012

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony, Gold, Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Tectonic:The Great Republic Mine Is In A Volcanic Member Of The Swauk Formation, Which Is Early Eocene (52 M.Y.) And Pre-Cascade Magmatic Arc (Tabor And Others, 1982, Geol. Map, P. 13).

References

MRDSSP00140
DEP10055928
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{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, 67 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.}{Deposit:: PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.}{Deposit:: TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave