The Fraction Placer Claim is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Fraction Placer Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fraction Placer Claim
Secondary: New Discovery
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk.
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wenatchee
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Placers, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1892
Discovery Year: 1868
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: HIGH BARS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pleistocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sand
Ore: Gold
Ore: Gravel
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: MAX. PROD. 1892 - 1895
Comment (Commodity): EXAMINATION OF CLAIM DOES NOT CONFIRM EXISTENCE OF ANY VALUABLE MINERAL DEPOSITS.
Comment (Location): OLD TOWNSITE OF LIBERTY, WA
Comment (Development): WORK PERFORMED AS PART OF MINERAL EXAMINATION FOR VALIDITY DETERMINATION BY U.S. FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINERS. DID NOT DISCLOSE A DISCOVERY.
Comment (Deposit): SUBJECT LAND IS PRIME RECREATION AREA.
References
Reference (Deposit): LHOLMGREN, L.E., 1959, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1959.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMGREN, L.E., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
Reference (Deposit): SUCHY, M.M., 1963, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1963.
Reference (Deposit): SUCHY, M.M., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
Reference (Deposit): SUCHY, M.M., 1968, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, MAY 1968.
Reference (Deposit): SUCHY, M.M., 1971, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, AUGUST 1971.
Reference (Deposit): 1959 OTHER FS
Reference (Deposit): 1966 OTHER FS
Reference (Deposit): 1971 OTHER FS EXAM - RECOMMENDED ADVERSE PROCEEDINGS
Reference (Production): J. M. DAVIDSON, MINING ENGINEER
Washington Gold
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