The Thompson is a gold mine located in Ferry county, Washington.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Thompson MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Thompson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Commodity): INUNDATED BY FDR LAKE
Comment (Location): Original political location was Ferry county. Original lat/long 48-13-08N 118-11-10W places it in Stevens county. Original UTM agrees with lat/long. Directions of one mile east of Covada puts it in Stevens county. However, PLSS 31N 37E section 6 is entirely in Ferry county. Potential duplicate record 10253203 has lat/long consistent with Ferry county and PLSS so those DMS coordinates were copied to this record. UTM coords were cleared. Record is a placer operation so exact lat/long is not possible.
References
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Washington Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Washington" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Arizona. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Washington.
