The Rogers Bar Placer is a gold mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Rogers Bar Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rogers Bar Placer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BARS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $0.01-0.50/YD AU. TRACE PT REPORTEDLY FOUND IN ASSAY OF ORE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FLOUR GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): BEST VALUES WERE IN BARS EXPOSED AT LOW WATER LEVELS. THREE BARS 30, 75, AND 100 FT ABOVE RIVER
Comment (Workings): EARLY WORK WAS DONE BY ROCKERS
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M056064 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Location): ON COLEVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION ABOVE HOG ISLAND. LAND IS NOW INUNDATED BY FDR LAKE AND IS PART OF COULEE DAM NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Comment (Development): 4 OPERATORS WERE WORKING IN 1934 AND APPARENTLY PRODUCING
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1955, GOLD IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 42, P. 120.
Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A.J., 1907, GOLD-BEARING RIVER SANDS, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 315, P. 65-66.
Reference (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. 80.
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