The Negro Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,559 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,559 Feet (780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.43287, -120.68250
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Negro Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Negro Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Chromium
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Blewett
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: Assay of $.10-120.00/Y
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Sand and Gravel
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED $100 PRIOR TO 1897 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 181). PLATINUM WAS ALSO FOUND ABOUT 6 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE MOUTH OF NEGRO CREEK. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT WAS (REPORTEDLY) PRODUCED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 281)
Comment (Location): FROM THE MOUTH OF NEGRO CREEK UPSTREAM FOR 6 MILES
Comment (Workings): ADIT SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
Comment (Deposit): NEGRO CREEK DRAINS AN AREA CONTAINING SEVERAL GOLD AND CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE BLEWETT CAMP. BEDROCK OF THE AREA INCLUDES ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE INGALLS COMPLEX (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): Pardee, J.T., 1929, Platinum and black sands in Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 805, p. 10.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; WAITT, R.B.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; SWANSON, D.A.; BYERLY, G.R.; BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.
Reference (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. (v. 1, p. 181).
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 OFR 90-18, p. 17.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 PL.
Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., AND GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2,1 P. 84-85.
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