Great Republic

The Great Republic is a antimony, gold, and silver mine located in King county, Washington.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Great Republic

State:  Washington

County:  King

Elevation:

Commodity: Antimony, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 47.69861, -121.40000

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Great Republic MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Great Republic
Secondary: Happy Thought


Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River


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: Vein
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: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite


Comments

Comment (Location): AT THE FIRST FALLS ON HAPPY THOUGHT CREEK ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE MILLER RIVER

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED 1938-1941 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 17).

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE SILVER PASS VOLCANIC MEMBER OF THE SWAUK FORMATION. THE VOLCANIC MEMBER CONSISTS OF RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC BRECCIA AND FELDSPAR PORPHYRY (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, P. 13). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18

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, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.

Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.


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