The Peshastin Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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Mine Info
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Peshastin Creek Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peshastin Creek Placers
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Blewett
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Sand and Gravel
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE UPPER REACHES OF PESHASTIN CREEK
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: HUNTTING (1956, P. 181) REPORTS THE AREA HAS PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): DIVISION FILES CONTAIN A MINERALS EXAMINATION REPORT PREPARED FOR AN APPLICATION TO PATENT PLACER CLAIMS IN SEC. 13, 22N, 17E. THIS PROPERTY IS NEAR THE MOUTH OF ALLEN CREEK, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE SOUTHERN LIMIT OF PLACER GOLD ON PESHASTIN CREEK. THE CREEK DRAINS NORTHWARD PAST SEVERAL MINES BETWEEN ALLEN CREEK AND NEGRO CREEK. THIS IS THE APPARENT EXTENT OF FAVORABLE GROUND FOR PLACER DEPOSITS ON PESHASTIN CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
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): 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.
Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED INFORMATION: U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1964, REPORT OF MINERAL EXAMINATION FOR CLAIMS ON PESHASTIN CREEK. THIS REPORT IS IN WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES FILE - "PESHASTIN
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